The fact is, she wanted to flirt with me, and of course I couldn't have that." "Are you sure of that, J.J.?
It seems to me very unlikely that a lady of that sort would want to flirt with a clergyman." "I'm not exactly an ordinary clergyman," said Meldon, "and she certainly did want to flirt with me.

I could see it by the expression of her eye.

Any man who knows anything about women gets into the way of judging them very largely by the expression of their eyes.

You find after a little practice that you are able to tell with almost absolute certainty what their intentions are; and there was no mistake about Miss King's this afternoon." "I'm glad," said the Major, "that you went away at once." "I didn't," said Meldon.

"It was she who went away.