Her voice was soft and singularly musical; but from time to time she uttered old-fashioned words which forced him to grope mentally.

She had neither the semi-boisterousness of the average American girl nor the chilling insolence of the English.
Ah, these English! They travelled all over, up and down the world, not to acquire information but rather to leave the impress of their superiority as a race.

It was most amusing.

They would suffer amazing hardships to hunt the snow-leopard; but in the Temple of Five Hundred Gods they would not take the trouble to ask the name of one! But this girl, she was alone.

That added to his puzzle.