She rose to her feet quickly, gave a sharp indrawn breath, and pressed her hand against her side, as though a sudden pain had seized her.

The next moment, however, she was composed again, and said in explanation that she had been half asleep, and he had startled her.

But I had seen her under what seemed to me more trying conditions, and she had not shown any nervousness such as this.
The passengers, of course, talked.

Many "true histories" of Mrs.
Falchion's devotion to the sick man were abroad; but it must be said, however, that all of them were romantically creditable to her.

She had become a rare product even in the eyes of Miss Treherne, and more particularly her father, since the matter at the Tanks.