It's easier making money than people think." "Easier for everybody ?" There was a certain eagerness in the look and voice.
"Easier for those who know how.

I'm only forty, and I've learned; there's not much I couldn't get if I set about it.

It's a kind of a gift, perhaps, like painting or music, but there's a great deal to be learned, too." "And some haven't the gift to learn, perhaps." For some reason she sighed....

He was turning all this over in his mind when suddenly Ellen recalled him.
"Have you told Clarice yet ?" "I mean to, Sunday, if you don't mind my not coming down to you.

Miss Goodward is spending the week end at Maplemont, and by staying at Julian's----" "Of _course_." Ellen sympathized.