Upon this young fellow's face there were no wrinkles, only shadows, in the hollows of the cheeks and under the eyes.

He was more like a man who had left his bed in the middle of convalescence.
Ah Cum's glance returned to the girl.

Of course, it really signified nothing in this careless part of the world that she was travelling alone.

What gave the puzzling twist to an ordinary situation was her manner: she was guileless.

She reminded him of his linnet, when he gave the bird the freedom of the house: it became filled with a wild gaiety which bordered on madness.