'Sic transit,' et cetera."
"It was not my wraith, then? I almost thought it was."
"No; only gauze, crockery, and pink blossom--a sample of earthly illusions."
"I wonder you have time for such illusions, occupied as your mind must be."
"So do I. But I find in myself, Lina, two natures--one for the world and business, and one for home and leisure. Grard Moore is a hard dog, brought up to mill and market; the person you call your cousin Robert is sometimes a dreamer, who lives elsewhere than in Cloth-hall and counting-house."

It was a mere illusion."
"I wonder you have time for such illusions, occupied as your mind must be."
"So do I. But I find I have two natures - one for the world and business, and one for home and leisure. Grard Moore is a hard dog, but your cousin Robert is sometimes a dreamer."
