We all have to attend to our own affairs; and if you will excuse me, I have to go and try on a dress.

Good-bye, Mr.
Delphin; I hope you will find your strawberries to your taste." Delphin was quite confounded; but before he had had time to get his hat she put her head in at the door, still smiling, and cried, "You will drive over with me to-morrow ?" and, without waiting for an answer, she nodded her head and disappeared.
Delphin had hardly recovered himself when he went for his ride to Sandsgaard, and he quite forgot about the flying salute over the garden wall, for there was no one to be seen either at the window or in front of the house.

The fact was, his adventure had made such an impression on him that he did not take very much notice.
Fanny at first repelled his advances haughtily; but he accepted his fate with resignation.

George Delphin was not the man to lose his time or his temper, in a hopeless pursuit.

There are many respectable prizes in a lottery without aiming at the first.