"Yes;--pretty well. I don't care very much about him. What makes you ask, mamma?"
"Because among my acquaintances in London there is no one so truly kind to me as he is."
"He always seems to me to like to have his own way."
"Why shouldn't he like it?"
"He has to me that air of selfishness which is so very common with people in London;--as though what he said were all said out of surface politeness."

"Yes; pretty well. I don't care very much about him. What makes you ask, mamma?"
"Because among my acquaintances in London there is no one so truly kind to me as he is."
"I think he has that air of selfishness which is so common with people in London - as though what he said were out of surface politeness."
