She's very frank, and I'm very frank: we know just what to expect of each other." "Ah, dear mother," Ralph exclaimed, "one always knows what to expect of you! You've never surprised me but once, and that's to-day--in presenting me with a pretty cousin whose existence I had never suspected." "Do you think her so very pretty ?" "Very pretty indeed; but I don't insist upon that.

It's her general air of being some one in particular that strikes me.

Who is this rare creature, and what is she?
Where did you find her, and how did you make her acquaintance ?" "I found her in an old house at Albany, sitting in a dreary room on a rainy day, reading a heavy book and boring herself to death.

She didn't know she was bored, but when I left her no doubt of it she seemed very grateful for the service.

You may say I shouldn't have enlightened he--I should have let her alone.