Anne Constance Smedley

“ Remember that he believes you have a soul."
"I don't see why he shouldn't have an interesting soul to save now and then as well as his stupid factory boys," muttered Anne, slightly ashamed of herself all the same.
"You know perfectly well that whatever impression Mr. Gregson makes on you is a purely emotional if not wholly imaginative one," said Wisdom. "Your soul is never affected in the least."
"But my heart is," said Anne. "I think it is perfectly fine of a cultured man to waste—I mean spend—all his time in a filthy slum." ”

“ Gregson doesn't," said Wisdom. "That's why you like him, you know—because he takes life seriously."
"It's so interesting to know a man who puts being good before being clever or amusing himself or even making money," said Anne, reflectively. "I've never looked up to any man before. I'm quite serious in my respect for Mr. Gregson!" ”