How cheerful she looks with all her lights! Everybody's busy there.

There will be greetings to-morrow, among the sundry curses of those who have not declared their Parisian models." They paused by the rail and followed the great ship till all the lights had narrowed and melted into one; and then, almost at once, the limitless circle of pitching black water seemed tenanted by themselves alone.
Without warning she bent swiftly and kissed the hand which lay upon the rail.

"How kind you are to me!" "Oh, pshaw!" But the touch of her lips shook his soul.
Cathewe was one of those sure, quiet men, a staff to lean on, that a woman may find once in a life-time.

They are, as a usual thing, always loving deeply and without success, but always invariably cheerful and buoyant, genuine philosophers.

They are not given much to writing sonnets or posing; and they can stand aside with a brave heart as the other man takes the dream out of their lives.