You are just like all the rest.

You would never hesitate to take advantage of even the slightest opportunity; would you, now?
Tell me frankly." "Well," answered he, rising, "if you really wish for an honest answer, I must confess that when I see a strawberry that nobody else seems to notice, I generally pick it." "Yes; it is just that greediness that all men have, and which I find, at the same time, so dangerous and incomprehensible." "Yes; but, Mrs.Garman, strawberries are really so delicious." "Yes, when they are ripe," answered Fanny.
The words fell from her lips as smoothly as butter.

Delphin had taken a few paces across the room, and just turned in time to see the last glimpse of a look which must have been resting on him while she spoke.
It was not very often that he lost his self-possession in a conversation of this kind, but the discovery he had made, or thought that he had made, with all its uncertainty, and the feeling of pleased vanity it brought with it, confused him, and he stood stammering and blushing before her.

She still lay stretched in the armchair, a position which displayed to the best advantage the lines of her lovely form.

Her beauty was fully matured, and showed freedom and elegance in every movement.
She could see that she had said enough for the present, and she got up without apparently taking any notice of his confusion.
"You must think," said she quickly, with a smile, "that it is absurd for me to preach you a sermon.