Ruth seems troubled at the continuance of this friendship.

Have you spoken to your grandmother, Ethel, about Dora ?" "She has told me all there is to tell, I dare say," answered Madam.
"Well, mother, what do you think ?" "I see no harm in it yet awhile.

It is not fair, Edward, to condemn upon likelihoods.

We are no saints, sinful men and women, all of us, and as much inclined to forbidden fruit as any good Christians can be.

Ethel can do as she feels about it; she's got a mind of her own, and I hope to goodness she'll not let Ruth Bayard bit and bridle it." Going home the Judge evidently pondered this question, for he said after a lengthy silence, "Grandmother's ethics do not always fit the social ethics of this day, Ethel.