is not always an admirable thing, it is, I believe, rather widely
distributed."
Margaret did not return the smile. Like any sensible woman, she never
tolerated opinions that differed from her own.
So she waved his preachment aside. "You're trying to be eloquent," was
her observation, "and you've only succeeded in being very silly and
tiresome. Go away, beautiful. You make me awfully tired, and I don't
care for you in the least. Go and talk to Kathleen. I shall be
here--on this very spot," Margaret added, with commendable precision
and an unaccountable increase of colour, "if--if any one should happen