"He is thirty-three.

That isn't very ancient, is it ?" "Miriam is twenty-four," mused Grace aloud.

"She is so brilliant, self-possessed and stunning that one feels as though she were even older than that.

I know she is very fond of the Southards, but I don't believe she suspects that Mr.Southard--" "She doesn't," put in Anne eagerly.

"He has been careful that she shouldn't.