Mrs.Townley then and there decided that the girl had possibilities.

But here she was, an Indian, with few signs of civilisation or of that breeding which seems to white people the only breeding fit for earth or heaven.
Mrs.Townley did not need Lambert's suggestion that she should try to approach the girl, make friends with her, and prepare her in some slight degree for the strange career before her.
Mrs.Townley had an infinite amount of tact.

She knew it was best to approach the attendant first.

This she did, and, to the surprise of other lady-passengers, received no rebuff.

Her advance was not, however, rapid.