Do you know him ?' 'Yes.' Miss More did not seem inclined to enlarge upon the fact, and her face was thoughtful after she had said the one word; so was Margaret's tone when she answered: 'So do I.' Each of the young women understood that the other did not care to talk of Mr.Van Torp.

Margaret glanced sideways at her neighbour and wondered vaguely whether the latter's experience had been at all like her own, but she could not see anything to make her think so.

Miss More had a singularly pleasant expression and a face that made one trust her at once, but she was far from beautiful, and would hardly pass for pretty beside such a good-looking woman as Margaret, who after all was not what people call an out-and-out beauty.

It was odd that the quiet lady-like teacher should have answered monosyllabically in that tone.

She felt Margaret's sidelong look of inquiry, and turned half round after glancing at little Ida, who was very busy with her crochet.
'I'm afraid you may have misunderstood me,' she said, smiling.