Now I should be ashamed to complain of what falls to the lot of thousands of girls.' 'Do you like Miss Nunn ?' asked Monica.
'Not so well as Miss Barfoot, but I think very highly of her.

Her zeal makes her exaggerate a little now and then, but then the zeal is so splendid.

I haven't it myself--not in that form.' 'You mean--' 'I mean that I feel a shameful delight when I hear of a girl getting married.

It's very weak, no doubt; perhaps I shall improve as I grow older.

But I have half a suspicion, do you know, that Miss Barfoot is not without the same weakness.' Monica laughed, and spoke of something else.