I have already told her that you are to stand for Tankerville.

No one,--no other human being in the world will be so interested for you as she is.
If any friend ever felt an interest almost selfish for a friend's welfare, she will feel such an interest for you.

If you were to succeed it would give her a hope in life." Phineas sat silent, drinking in the words that were said to him.

Though they were true, or at least meant to be true, they were full of flattery.

Why should this woman of whom they were speaking love him so dearly?
She was nothing to him.