If I had my way I'd finish 'em, And that's where they'll git if they don't mind, and quick, too!" The Dellenbaughs, Cromartins, and Bunsbys, being of another class, viewed the young couple's visit in a different light.

"Mr.Feilding has such nice hands and wears such lovely cravats," the younger Miss Cromartin said, and "Miss Collins is too sweet for anything." Prim Mr.
Bunsby, having superior notions of life and deportment, only shook his head.

He looked for more dignity, he said; but then this Byronic young man had not been invited to any of the outings.
In all these merrymakings and outings Lucy was the central figure.

Her beauty, her joyous nature, her freedom from affectation and conventionality, her love of the out-of-doors, her pretty clothes and the way she wore them, all added to her popularity.

In the swing and toss of her freedom, her true temperament developed.