Gladys cares for few people, but she seems very fond of you.' 'The feeling is reciprocated, I can assure you.' 'I am glad to know that,' he returned heartily.

'I only wish you could teach Gladys to be like other girls; she is too young and too pretty to take such grave views of life; it is unnatural at her age.

One disappointment, however bitter, ought not to cloud her whole existence.
Try to make her see things in a more reasonable light.

Gladys is as good as gold.

Of course I know that she is a fine creature; but it is not like a Christian to mourn over the inevitable in this undisciplined way.' He spoke with great feeling, and with a gentleness that surprised me.
I felt sure then of his affection for his young sister; I wished Gladys could have heard him speak in this fatherly manner.