From that time she became close and reserved in her communications.

Mrs.Leslie had wisely selected a town sufficiently remote from her own abode to preclude any revelations of her domestics; and, as Mrs.Butler, Alice attracted universal sympathy and respect from the exercise of her talents, the modest sweetness of her manners, the unblemished propriety of her conduct.

Somehow or other, no sooner did she learn the philosophy of concealment than she made a great leap in knowledge of the world.

And, though flattered and courted by the young loungers of C------, she steered her course with so much address that she was never persecuted.

For there are few men in the world who make advances where there is no encouragement.
The banker observed her conduct with silent vigilance.