'I'm not in the least in love with Franklin.

I never shall be.' 'No, of course not,' Helen replied, full of solicitude.

'Only, as you say, you must know him so well;--to have him talked over, quite idly and ignorantly, as I've been talking .-- Really, you ought to have stopped me.' 'There was no reason for stopping you.

I can see Franklin with perfect detachment.

I see him just as you do, only I see so much more.