Pretty Patty, with her merry ways and graceful manners, was a real belle, and Aunt Alice was besieged by requests for introductions to her niece and daughter.

But Marian, though a sweet and charming girl, had a certain shyness which always kept her from becoming an immediate favourite.

Patty's absolute lack of self-consciousness and her ready friendliness made her popular at once.
Mr.Fairfield and Nan Allen were speaking of this, as they stood out on the veranda and looked at Patty through the window.
"She's the most perfect combination," Miss Allen was saying, "of the child and the girl.

She has none of the silly affectations of young-ladyhood, and yet she has in her nature all the elements that go to make a wise and sensible woman." "I think you're right," said Mr.Fairfield, as he looked fondly at his daughter.

"She is growing up just as I want her to, and developing the traits I most want her to possess.