If the eye and the tongue contradict each other, believe the eye.
* * *
There is an indifference that attracts, and there is an indifference that
repels. He is a sagacious man, and she is a sagacious woman, who will
differentiate them. The question resolves itself into that which so
often puzzles the angler,--how much line to let out. About one thing
there need be no hesitation,
When your fish is within reach, be quick with the landing-net--or even
with the gaff.
* * *
In the matter of wooing, soon enough does the young girl learn to prefer
the mature manners of the man of the world to the gaucheries of
inexperienced youth. As to the man!
How curious the things that appeal to this lord of creation, Man!--a
half-averted face--a laughing gesture--a merry eye--an all but
imperceptible tone of the voice--the scarce felt touch of a reluctant
hand--a semi-tender phrase--an unexpected glance--the momentary
pressure of petulant lips--a blanched cheek--a look prolonged one
fractional part of a second beyond its wont--an infinitesimal drooping
of the eyelid--a speaking silence--a half-caught sigh--these will
entrap the male brute where green widths that were never dried will not
hold him. But
By what men are won, most women seem thoroughly to comprehend.