It is so easy to be candid about one's neighbour's affairs.

"Neither did he--it was a great misfortune." "Is it not always a great misfortune ?" "Yes--but in this case especially so." "How?
What do you mean, Isabella ?" asked Lucille, in her impulsive way.

"You are so cold and reserved.

Are all Englishwomen so?
It is so difficult to drag things out of you." "Because there is nothing to drag." "Yes, there is.

I want to know why it was such a special misfortune that Mr.Howard should never have known his mother.