It was soft and singularly pleasant.

It had, too, one somewhat rare quality--a delightful ring of truth.

Perhaps that was one of the reasons why Prince Maiyo was just then, amongst certain circles, one of the most popular persons in Society.
"My dear Duchess," he said, "my indisposition was nothing.

And as for your climate, I am beginning to delight in it,--one never knows what to expect, or when one may catch a glimpse of the sun.

It is only the grayness which is always the same." "And even that," the Duchess remarked, smiling, "has been yellow for the last few days.