With a boy there is no vanity in the matter, no jealousy, and therefore none of the tempting, not a tenth part of the coarseness; and consequently desire is always fresh and keen.

Oh, Frank, believe me, you don't know what a great romantic passion is." "What you say only shows how little you know women," I replied.

"If you explained all this to the girl who loves you, she would see it at once, and her tenderness would grow with her self-abnegation; we all grow by giving.

If the woman cares more than the man for caresses and kindness, it is because she feels more tenderness, and is capable of intenser devotion." "You don't know what you are talking about, Frank," he retorted.

"You repeat the old accepted commonplaces.