"I am not at all sure that our having become too civilised for crime is a healthy sign of the times." "I do wish," she persisted, "that you would try and see things a little more humanly.

My uncle is full of enthusiasms about you.

You have had some conversation already, haven't you ?" "We talked for an hour after luncheon," Maraton admitted.

"Your uncle's is a very sane point of view.

I know just how he regards me--a sort of dangerous enthusiast, a firebrand with the knack of commanding attention.