Didn't I tell you at that time that you had never loved him?
You were ready to assure me that you had, and that you were making a great sacrifice to your principles ?" "I remember very well," said Phyllis, with a sound that was not far removed from a sob.
"Ah, you are a puzzle to yourself, you poor little chrysalis," said Ella, putting the meteoric feathers playfully down upon the serious face of Phyllis--its seriousness was apparent beneath the light of the carriage lamp.

"No, don't make the attempt to explain anything to me.
Don't try to reconcile your frankness now with your pretense then, because you'll certainly make a muddle of it, and because no such attempt is necessary to be made to me.

I know something of the girl and her moods--not a great deal, perhaps, but enough to prevent my doing you an injustice.

You are perfectly consistent, my Phyllis." "Oh, consistent ?" "Perfectly consistent with your nature as a girl.

It is the nature of a girl to change with every wind that blows.