She ran a terrible risk, poor child.

You see, Rhoda, nature is too strong for us.' Rhoda threw her head back.
'And the delight of her sister! It is really pathetic.

The mere fact that Monica is to be married blinds the poor woman to every possibility of misfortune.' In the course of the same conversation, Rhoda remarked thoughtfully,-- 'It strikes me that Mr.Widdowson must be of a confiding nature.

I don't think men in general, at all events those with money, care to propose marriage to girls they encounter by the way.' 'I suppose he saw that the case was exceptional.' 'How was he to see that ?' 'You are severe.

Her shop training accounts for much.