I hope it won't be the cause of any unfriendliness; you have been very good to me, and I do really appreciate the honour of it." The same phrases, with but little variation, that every woman uses.

It is an understood thing amongst them that a man is conscious of paying them honour when he asks them in marriage, and that it is better to show him that they are sensitive to it.

He thinks of nothing of the kind--certainly not at the time.

That last appreciation of the honour is the final application of a caustic to the wound that smarts the most of all--though in the end it may heal.
Mr.Arthur turned the key viciously in the lock, and pushed the door open.
"I suppose you have to say that," he exclaimed, "but of course there's no honour about it to you.

If your father was a clergyman, you probably look down on me.