I must have been mad to do it!" He flushed up so vividly that she winced, then added quickly: "I didn't mean that, Mr.Hamil; I knew you were worth it when I did it." "The worst of it is that I am not," he said.

"I'm like everybody who has been through college and chooses a profession for love of it.

I do know something about that profession; outside of it, the least I can say for myself is that I care about everything that goes on in this very jolly world.

Curiosity has led me about by the nose.

The result is a series of acquired smatterings." She regarded him intently with that clear gaze he found so refreshing--a direct, fearless scrutiny which straightened her eyebrows to a fascinating level and always made him think of a pagan marble, with delicately chiselled, upcurled lips, and white brow youthfully grave.
"Did you study abroad ?" "Yes--not long enough." She seemed rather astonished at this.