It was not uncommon for her to pass places at times when people were doing things in those places which she thought they ought not to do; but this was a case which roused her anger in an unusual manner.

Whatever else might happen at Cobhurst, she did not believe that that girl would begin so soon to go out driving with him.
She had left her phaeton at a livery stable, and was on her way to the Bannister house to have a talk with Dora on a subject in which they were now both so much interested.

She had been very much surprised when the girl had come to her and freely avowed her feelings and hopes, but she had been delighted.

She liked a spirit of that sort, and it was a joy to her to work with one who possessed it.

But she knew human nature, and she was very much afraid that Dora's purpose might weaken.