Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world.

And thus they form a perfect group; he walks back two or three paces, selects his point of sight, and begins to sketch a hurried outline. He has finished it before they move; he hears...

You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects,” she said, rather scornfully; “you ought to have been a detective police officer.””I sometimes think I should have been a good one.””Why?””Because I...

Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.

He was a student – such things as happened to him, happen sometimes to students.He was a German – such things as happened to him, happen sometimes to Germans.He was young, handsome, studious, enthusiastic, metaphysical,...

That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise himself; and if men had power thus to avenge themselves the earth would be...