I shall never reproach you." "I don't think you ever will," said Ralph.

"It's not in the least the sort of marriage I thought you'd make." "What sort of marriage was that, pray ?" "Well, I can hardly say.

I hadn't exactly a positive view of it, but I had a negative.

I didn't think you'd decide for--well, for that type." "What's the matter with Mr.Osmond's type, if it be one?
His being so independent, so individual, is what I most see in him," the girl declared.

"What do you know against him?
You know him scarcely at all." "Yes," Ralph said, "I know him very little, and I confess I haven't facts and items to prove him a villain.