Indeed his inclination was to laugh outright.

The frank admission that her concern which he had fondly imagined to be for himself was all for Dick betrayed a state of mind that was entirely typical of Una.

Never had she been able to command more than one point of view of any question, and that point of view invariably of her own interest.

All her life she had been accustomed to sacrifices great and small made by others on her own behalf, until she had come to look upon such sacrifices her absolute right.
"I am glad you reminded me," he said with an irony that never touched her.

"You may depend upon me to be discreetness itself, at least until after Dick has been safely shipped." "Thank you, Ned.