6/8 'It has been quite unlike anything I have ever felt in my life before!' It was not difficult to fall into conversation with her. Unreserved--too unreserved--by nature, she was not experienced enough to be reserved by art, and after a little coaxing she answered his remarks readily. She had come to live in Melchester from a village on the Great Plain, and this was the first time that she had ever seen a steam-circus; she could not understand how such wonderful machines were made. She had come to the city on the invitation of Mrs.Harnham, who had taken her into her household to train her as a servant, if she showed any aptitude. Mrs. |