"The 'Trusty Man' thoroughly deserves trust; and, if I may say so, its kind hostess commands respect." He raised his cap with the deferential easy grace which was habitual to him, and Miss Tranter's pale cheeks reddened suddenly and violently.
"Oh, I'm only a rough sort!" she said hastily.

"But the men like me because I don't give them away.

I hold that the poor must get a bit of attention as well as the rich." "The poor deserve it more," rejoined Helmsley.

"The rich get far too much of everything in these days,--they are too much pampered and too much flattered.

Yet, with it all, I daresay they are often miserable." "It must be pretty hard to be miserable on twenty or thirty thousand a year!" said Miss Tranter.
"You think so?
Now, I should say it was very easy.