I am perfectly prepared to do the square thing, and if we can only pull together pleasantly for a little while, it will prove far better for both of us." "In plainer words, you chance just now to have some special use for me ?" "Well, I hope you will look at the situation from my viewpoint.

But the actual truth is, that when I first came up here to-night, I had not the faintest suspicion that it was you I was seeking." "No ?" doubtfully.
"That is an actual fact, Lizzie.

I did n't suppose you were within a thousand miles of this place," and Farnham quietly settled himself again in his chair.

"I came up here merely intending to get a glimpse of an actress named Beth Norvell.

I was never more thoroughly surprised in my life than when you first came out on the stage.