"You oughtn't to put it like that!" "But that's just what it means.

Now, darling, do you think you can do it ?" "I won't think--but I'll have to do it." His nervous irritability became suddenly violent, and the muscles of his face contracted as if from a spasm of physical pain.
"Confound it all! Why shouldn't I marry you, Blossom ?" he burst out.
"You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and you look every inch a lady.

If it wasn't for my mother I'd pick you up to-day and carry you off to Washington." "Your mother would never give in.

There's no use talking about it." "It isn't her giving in, but her health.

You see, she has heart disease, and any sudden shock brings on one of these terrible attacks that may kill her.