Hearing Virginia come in, she came into the hall.

Virginia stood there supporting Loreen, who stared stupidly at the rich magnificence of the furnishings around her.
"Grandmother," Virginia spoke without hesitation and very clearly, "I have brought one of my friends from the Rectangle.

She is in trouble and has no home.

I am going to care for her here a little while." Madam Page glanced from her granddaughter to Loreen in astonishment.
"Did you say she is one of your friends ?" she asked in a cold, sneering voice that hurt Virginia more than anything she had yet felt.
"Yes, I said so." Virginia's face flushed, but she seemed to recall a verse that Mr.Gray had used for one of his recent sermons, "A friend of publicans and sinners." Surely, Jesus would do this that she was doing.
"Do you know what this girl is ?" asked Madam Page, in an angry whisper, stepping near Virginia.
"I know very well.

She is an outcast.