Anthony Hope,
The Philosopher in the Apple-Orchard
(1894)
“ Suppose a girl had two lovers—you're nodding again!—or, I ought to say, suppose there were two men who might be in love with a girl." "Only two?" asked the philosopher. "You see, any number of men might be in love with——" "Oh, we can leave the rest out," said Miss May, with a sudden dimple; "they don't matter." "Very well," said the philosopher. "If they are irrelevant, we will put them aside." ”
Anthony Hope,
The Philosopher in the Apple-Orchard
(1894)
“ And most men care for somebody, don't they? some girl, I mean." "Most men, no doubt," conceded the philosopher. "Well, then, what ought she to do? It's not a real thing, you know, Mr. Jerningham. It's in—in a novel I was reading." She said this hastily, and blushed as she spoke."Dear me! And it's quite an interesting case! Yes, I see. The question is, Will she act most wisely in accepting the offer of the man who loves her exceedingly, but for whom she entertains only a moderate affection ——""Yes. Just a liking. He's just a friend." ”
Anthony Hope,
The Philosopher in the Apple-Orchard
(1894)
“ The philosopher closed his book, took off his glasses, wiped them, replaced them, and leaned back against the trunk of the apple tree. The girl picked a dandelion in pieces. After a long pause she asked: "You think B's feelings wouldn't be at all likely to—to change?" "That depends on the sort of man he is. But if he is an able man, with intellectual interests which engross him—a man who has chosen his path in life—a man to whom women's society is not a necessity——" "He's just like that," said the girl, and she bit the head off a daisy. ”
