He had the protective instinct of a big man toward a small woman.
"Come and tell me all about it," he suggested.

"I expected to hear that he had gone abroad." "Mr.Laverick," she said, looking up at him tremulously.

"I was hoping that you could have told me what it was that had come to him." "Well, that rather depends," Laverick answered.

"We certainly had a terribly anxious time yesterday.

Our business has been most unfortunate--" "Yes, yes!" the girl interrupted.