There were tears in his eyes.
"It's good of you, Anne--to take her." She withdrew her hand--very gently.
"I wish we'd taken her before.

She must have had a terrible time here.
I'd never realised ..." He stood away from her near the window, feeling suddenly ashamed of his impetuosity.
"She's a strange girl," Anne Cardinal went on.

"She didn't seem to feel this,--or anything.

She hasn't, I think, much heart.

I'm afraid she may find it a little difficult with us--" Mathew was uncomfortable now.