"The beaten track is not very broad.

How long have you been over ?" "Only about six months," she replied.

"We have been at one or another of the German Spas most of the time, as we went abroad for Mr.Carling's health, and we are on our way home on about such an impulse as that which started us off--he thinks now that he will be better off there." "I am afraid you have not derived much pleasure from your European experiences," said John.
"Pleasure!" she exclaimed.

"If ever you saw a young woman who was glad and thankful to turn her face toward home, _I_ am that person.

I think that one of the heaviest crosses humanity has to bear is to have constantly to decide between two or more absolutely trivial conclusions in one's own affairs; but when one is called upon to multiply one's useless perplexities by, say, ten, life is really a burden.
"I suppose," she added after a pause, "you couldn't help hearing our discussions at dinner the other night, and I have wondered a little what you must have thought." "Yes," he said, "I did hear it.