They hit the bull's-eye, because they aimed at no other spot on the target.

I have no patience with this modern way of a girl's taking up a dozen fads at a time.

It makes her a jack-at-all-trades and a master of none." The Colonel was growing eloquent on one of his favorite topics now, and presently Mary found him giving her the very guidance she had longed for.

He was helping her to a choice.

By the time dinner was announced, he had awakened two ambitions within her, although he was not conscious of the fact himself.