Sixty young men and women, each of them dressed the best possible, followed her.

There were manly, fine-looking men in that class which Elnora led.

There were girls of beauty and grace, but not one of them was handsomer or clothed in better taste than she.
Billy thought the time never would come when Elnora would see him, but at last she met his eye, then Margaret and Wesley had faint signs of recognition in turn, but there was no softening of the girl's face and no hint of a smile when she saw her mother.
Heartsick, Katharine Comstock tried to prove to herself that she was justified in what she had done, but she could not.

She tried to blame Elnora for not saying that she was to lead a procession and sit on a platform in the sight of hundreds of people; but that was impossible, for she realized that she would have scoffed and not understood if she had been told.

Her heart pained until she suffered with every breath.
When at last the exercises were over she climbed into the carriage and rode home without a word.