"It is the very prettiest ice of the lot, and meant especially for you.

I am sure you will enjoy it." And Mrs.Sarah Joy Snyder, whose sense of humour deserted her when she was being praised and fed, and who had already eaten bonbons innumerable, and three ices with accompanying cake, took the chocolate lily gratefully.

Von Rosen ate his chicken sandwich and marvelled at the ways of women.
After Von Rosen had finished his sandwiches and tea, he made his way to Mrs.Snyder, and complimented her upon her lecture.

He had a constitutional dislike for falsehoods, which was perhaps not so much a virtue as an idiosyncrasy.

Now he told Mrs.Snyder that he had never heard a lecture which seemed to amuse an audience more than hers had done, and that he quite envied her because of her power of holding attention.