And that was so comfortable that anyone could see with half an eye"-- the Doctor's own eye twinkled--"so far as Miss Cameron was concerned, that she wasn't pining in any sense of the word.

But I wasn't sorry for you, Finlay, on that account." He stopped to laugh enjoyingly, and Finlay blushed like a girl.
"I just let matters bide and went about my own business.

Though after poor Mrs Forsyth here--a good woman enough, but the brains of a rabbit--it was pleasant to find these intelligent ladies at every meal, and wonderful how quick they were at picking up the differences between the points of Church administration here and at home.

That was a thing I noticed particularly in Miss Cameron.
"Matters went smoothly enough--smoothly enough--till one afternoon that foolish creature Advena Murchison"-- Finlay started--"came here to pay a call on Miss Cameron and Mrs Kilbannon.

It was well and kindly meant, but it was not a wise-like thing to do.