And here was a girl who was without a genuine friend in all that heartless town except herself, and a fine boy who needed one, she began to see, very badly.

She, at any rate, and she thanked God for it, was properly married, and she owed it to friendship to make a try to put things right with these two.
"Joan, I believe I do," she said.

"I really believe I do, although I've only had one real talk with him.

You're terribly and awfully young, I know.

You had a bad year with your grandfather and grandmother, and the reaction has made you wild and careless.