"Now, when you mention responsibility," he resumed, "I am disposed to say that I never had the happiness of knowing any one whom I should consider so refreshingly responsible as yourself. You appear to me to be the very touchstone of responsibility. When I see you, my dear Miss Summerson, intent upon the perfect working of the whole little orderly system of which you are the centre, I feel inclined to say to myself--in fact I do say to myself very often--THAT'S responsibility!"

"Now, when you mention responsibility," he resumed, "I must say that I never had the happiness of knowing any one so refreshingly responsible as yourself. When I see you, my dear Miss Summerson, intent upon the whole little orderly system of which you are the centre, I say to myself - that's responsibility!"
