"You care, and because I know you do, things are different.

I mean it; this is no word play.

I tell you when a man has been steadily dropping, in his own estimation, as well as the social scale; when he has just about lost his pride, his self-respect, his realization of right and wrong; when he sees nothing ahead worth fighting for; when he seeks happiness in drink, and makes companions out of crooks and hobos, that is when it amounts to something to have a real woman like you come into his life, and hear her speak of trust and friendship.

Lord! it 's like a breath of pure air amid the foulness of the pit.

I believe in _you_, and I have n't believed in anybody for a long while.