Each of these women understood exactly how the matter stood, and each knew that the others understood it.

The young man was loved by them all, but not loved with that sort of admiring affection which had been accorded to Mr Crosbie.

Johnny Eames could not have been accepted as a suitor by their pet.

Mrs Dale and Bell both felt that.

And yet they loved him for his love, and for that distant, modest respect which had restrained him from any speech regarding it.