It was a new type of face to her, so strong and manly, and yet so gentle about the mouth--almost too gentle she thought.

What made him marry Lady Honoria?
Beatrice wondered; she did not look particularly gentle, though she was such a graceful woman.
And thus they went on for some time, each wondering about the other and at heart admiring the other, which was not strange, for they were a very proper pair, but saying no word till at last, after about a quarter of an hour's hard paddling, Geoffrey paused to rest.
"Do you do much of this kind of thing, Miss Granger ?" he said with a gasp, "because it is rather hard work." She laughed.

"Ah," she said, "I thought you would scarcely go on paddling at that rate.

Yes, I canoe a great deal in the summer time.

It is my way of taking exercise, and I can swim well, so I am not afraid of an upset.