Just think! She hadn't been taken for years.

Can you understand it?
She declared she was bored with it.

Isn't that curious?
However, I persuaded her and she gave me one.

But I had to force her to write on it." "Then she was in Bombay last winter ?" said Thresk slowly.
"Yes." And then Mrs.Carruthers had an idea.
"Oh," she exclaimed, "if you are really interested in Stella I'll put Mrs.Repton next to you to-night." "Thank you very much," said Thresk.

"But who is Mrs.Repton ?" Mrs.Carruthers sat forward in her chair.
"Well, she's Stella's great friend--very likely her only real friend in India.