"As for her son, I don't know anything about him.

I believe we were not very good friends when we were boys, but now--well, he has the manners of a gentleman." "Doesn't that go without saying ?" said Helen, laughing.

"From the letters I've had, I fancy he is a good deal at the rectory." "Yes," Gifford admitted.

"But he is one of those people who make you feel that though they may have good manners, their grandfathers did not, don't you know ?" "But what difference does that make," John asked, "if he is a good man ?" "Oh, of course, no difference," Gifford replied with an impatient laugh.
"But what is the attraction in Ashurst, Giff ?" Helen said.

"How can he stay there all summer?
I should not think he could leave his business." "Oh, he is rich." "Why, you don't like him!" said Helen, surprised at his tone.
"I don't know anything about the fellow," the young man answered.