"I have read every one, over and over. They are splendid."
"Oh, I'm new to that sort of thing."
"Yes, but it's so—such a joy to me to see you doing what is really worthy of you."
"If there is any credit, it's yours."
"Now why do you say that? It isn't true, and it just spoils it."
"Spoils it?" said Dale, who thought girls liked compliments.
"Yes. If you had really only done it to please—an individual, it would be worth nothing. You couldn't help doing it. I knew you couldn't."
"At any rate, you must accept the responsibility of having put it into my head."
"Not even that, Mr. Bannister."
"Oh, but that's the meaning of the dedication."