I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths.

She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.

I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth; these protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years.

. . . a wind howling began, which seemed to form all over the country, as far as the imagination could grasp it through the gloom of the night.