"It's a roof and four walls—that's all any house is, without the spirit that makes it home."
"He thinks it's beautifully furnished. Of course we have the old mahogany and some of the pictures, but we've had to sell nearly everything. I've used some of mother's real laces in the sewing and sold practically all the rest. Whatever anyone would buy has been disposed of. Even the broken furniture in the attic has gone to people who had a fancy for 'antiques.'"
"You have made him very happy, Barbara."
"I know, but is it right?"
"I'm not orthodox, my dear girl, but, speaking as a lawyer, if it harms no one and makes a blind old man happy, it can't be wrong."
"I hope you're right, but sometimes my conscience bothers me."
A Saint's Conscience
"Imagine a saint's conscience being troublesome."
"Don't laugh at me—you know I'm not a saint."