The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.

What lurking temptations to forbidden tenderness find their finding-places in a woman's dressing-gown, when she is alone in her room at night!

I give you better than proof, gentlemen; I give you my positive opinion.

But you make allowances for women; we all talk nonsense. Good

Forgive me, dear Mr. Troy! I am very unhappy, and very unreasonable—but I am only a woman, and you must not expect too much from me.

I smell your cigar. Delicious! Give me one directly.

How much happier we should be,' she thought to herself sadly, 'if we never grew up!

The most easily deteriorated of all the moral qualities is the quality called 'conscience.' In one state of a man's mind, his conscience is the severest judge that can pass sentence on him. In another state, he and his conscience are on the best possible terms with each other in the comfortable capacity of accomplices.

Tüm ahlaki niteliklerin içinde en kolay çürümeye uğrayanı ''vicdanlılık'' denilen niteliktir. İnsanın ruh hâline bağlı olarak vicdanı, kimi zaman ona ceza kesebilecek en sert yargıç olur. Kimi zamansa rahatlıkla suç ortakları sıfatıyla hareket edebilen bu ikilinin arasından su sızmaz.

The facts are nothing,' she rejoined. 'I have only my own impressions to confess—and you will very likely think me a fanciful fool when you hear what they are. No matter. I will do my best to content you—I will begin with the facts that you want. Take my word for it, they won't do much to help you.

Mr. Troy was not only a man of learning and experience in his profession—he was also a man who had seen something of society at home and abroad. He possessed a keen eye for character, a quaint humour, and a kindly nature which had not been deteriorated even by a lawyer's professional experience of mankind. With