"I was a fool to promise Charnock.

I've never met people like that, and am afraid they'll get a jar to-morrow." "I don't think you need be afraid," Muriel replied.

"They're not really prudish or censorious, though they are fastidious." "And is Miss Dalton like her mother and aunt ?" "In a way.

Helen has their refinement, but she's made of harder stuff.
She would wear better among strains and shocks." Festing shook his head.

"Girls like her ought to be sheltered and kept from shocks.