"I expected to discover a treatise on philosophy." "I read whatever I chance to get my hands on, here in Glencaid," she retorted, "just as I converse with whoever comes along.

I am hopeful of some day discovering a rare gem hidden in the midst of the trash.

I am yet young." "You are indeed young," he said, quietly, "and with some of life's lessons still to learn.

One is that frankness is not necessarily flippancy, nor honesty harshness.

Beyond doubt much of what you said regarding ordinary social conversation is true, yet the man is no more to be blamed than the woman.