There is nothing very special about him; he is not, strictly speaking, handsome, yet he was, last season, one of the most popular men in town.
"Yes, and no," says Margaret.

"My cousin has confided a sort of secret to me." "A secret! I may not hear it, then ?" "Well, I don't know.

It is, as I have hinted, a _sort_ of secret, not very much to be kept." "I may hear it, then ?" "I suppose so.

At all events," with a laugh, soft and silk, "I should like you to hear it, because I want your opinion.

You will give it ?" "You know I will give you everything I have," says he.
"Oh no! you must not talk like that," says she.