I pulled myself up just in time.

I'm glad that I didn't frighten you." "Oh, no; you didn't frighten me, Mr.Courtland.I was only wondering how you would go on--whether you would treat the topic sentimentally or cynically." "And what conclusion did you come to on the subject ?" "I know that you are a brave man--perhaps the bravest man alive.

You would, I think, have treated the question seriously--feelingly." He laughed.
"The adoption of that course implies courage certainly.

All the men of sentimentality--which is something quite different from sentiment, mind you--have taken to writing melodrama and penny novelettes.

You didn't hear much sentimentality on this stage to-night, or any other night, for that matter." "No; it would have sounded unreal.