"'Yes, bitterly; and with anything else you please--any defect of which you are painfully conscious.'
"'With being poor, for instance?'
"'Of course; that will sting you. You are sore about your poverty; you brood over that.'
"'With having nothing but a very plain person to offer the woman who may master my heart?'
"'Exactly. You have a habit of calling yourself plain. You are sensitive about the cut of your features because they are not quite on an Apollo pattern. You abase them more than is needful, in the faint hope that others may say a word in their behalf--which won't happen. Your face is nothing to boast of, certainly--not a pretty line nor a pretty tint to be found therein.'

"'Yes, bitterly; and with anything else you please - any defect of which you are painfully conscious.'
"'With being poor, for instance?' I asked.
"'Of course. You are sore about your poverty.'
"'About having nothing but a plain face to offer the woman who may master my heart?'
"'Exactly. You are sensitive about your features because they are not quite on an Apollo pattern. You abase them in the faint hope that others may say a word in their behalf - which won't happen. Your face is nothing to boast of, certainly. 