But, now, let us return to the heart.

You are quite sure that Anne loves you better than she loves herself?
That's quite important, you know.

I have found that people who say that they love some one better than anybody else in the world, usually forget themselves,--that is to say, they overlook themselves.

How about Anne ?" "Rather epigrammatic, aren't you, granddaddy?
I have Anne's word for it, that's all.

She wouldn't marry me if she loved any one more than she does me,--not even herself, as you put it.