Will you promise to take the best of care of our little sister Shiela while I'm away ?" "The very best," he said, sliding feet foremost to the terrace.
"Heavens, Cecile, you certainly are bewitching in those clothes!" "It is what they were built for, brother," she said serenely.

"Good-bye; we won't shake hands on account of my gloves....

Do be nice to Shiela.
She isn't very gay these days--I don't know why.

I believe she has rather missed you." Hamil tucked her into her chair, the darky pedalled off; then the young man returned to the terrace where presently a table for two was brought and luncheon announced as Shiela Cardross appeared.
Hamil displayed the healthy and undiscriminating appetite of a man who is too busy mentally and physically to notice what he eats and drinks; Shiela touched nothing except fruit.

She lighted his cigarette for him before the coffee, and took one herself, turning it thoughtfully over and over between her delicately shaped fingers; but at a glance of inquiry from him: "No, I don't," she said; "it burns my tongue.