And with this judgment Will at once agreed; before long, he would have inclined to be more express in his good opinion.

Before summer came, he found himself looking forward to the girl's appearance in the shop, with a sense of disappointment when--as generally happened--Mrs.
Cross came in person.

The charm of the young face lay for him in its ever-present suggestion of a roguishly winsome smile, which made it difficult not to watch too intently the play of her eyes and lips.
Then, her way of speaking, which was altogether her own.

It infused with a humorous possibility the driest, most matter-of-fact remarks, and Will had to guard himself against the temptation to reply in a corresponding note.
"I suppose you see no more of those people--what's their name--the Crosses ?" he let fall, as if casually, one evening when Franks had come to see him.
"Lost sight of them altogether," was the reply.

"Why do you ask ?" "I happened to think of them," said Will; and turned to another subject..