She wore a gray skirt and a waist of white, with a severely starched collar about her throat, and a black bow tie.

Her straw hat was narrow of brim, banded with a black ribbon.

Her steely eyes flashed from beneath the hat.

Once before the twins had encountered her and her voice, and the results were blasting, though the occasion was happier.

Indeed, the intention of Juliana had been wholly amiable, for it was at the picnic of the Methodist Sunday-school.
She came upon the twins in a fair dell, where they watched other children at a game, and she took very civil notice of them, saying, "How do you do, young gentlemen ?" in deep, thrilling tones, and though they had been doing very well until that moment, neither of the twins had recovered strength to say so.