My only complaint was that I could get nothing out of them.

I wonder whether their wives would have been more amusing." "Would they be so in England, Lord Skye ?" He looked down at her with half-shut eyes, and drawled: "You know my countrywomen ?" "Hardly at all." "Then let us discuss some less serious subject." "Willingly.

I have waited for you to explain to me why you have to-night an expression of such melancholy." "Is that quite friendly, Mrs.Lee?
Do I really look melancholy ?" "Unutterably, as I feel.

I am consumed with curiosity to know the reason." The British minister coolly took a complete survey of the whole room, ending with a prolonged stare at the President and his wife, who were still mechanically shaking hands; then he looked back into her face, and said never a word.
She insisted: "I must have this riddle answered.

It suffocates me.