Her hair was growing finer, and was made up in the modest prevailing fashion; her skin, no longer exposed to an inclement climate, and subject to the utmost care, was smoother and fairer; her feet, encased in fine, well-made boots, looked much smaller; her waist was shaped to fashion, and she was very straight and lissom.

So many things she did jarred on her relatives, that they were not fully aware of the great improvement in her appearance.

Even Richard admitted her trying at times.
Marion went up to town to stay with Mrs.Townley, and there had to face a good deal of curiosity.

People looked at her sometimes as if it was she and not Lali that was an Indian.

But she carried things off bravely enough, and answered those kind inquiries, which one's friends make when we are in embarrassing situations, with answers so calm and pleasant that people did not know what to think.
"Yes," she said, in reply to Lady Balwood, "her sister-in-law might be in town later in the year, perhaps before the season was over: she could not tell.