You have improved amazingly.
You are destined to become a belle _par excellence_, and probably are one now--I know so little of what has occurred since we parted." "You are changed also, Graydon.

You used to be kind in the old days;" and she spoke sadly.
"In some respects I am changed," he said, earnestly; "and my affection for you is of such long standing and so deep that it prompts me to make another protest." (They had strolled out upon the grounds and were now alone.) "I have changed in this respect; I am no longer so young as I was, and am losing my zest for general society.

I was weary of residence abroad, where I could have scarcely the semblance of a home, and, while I had many acquaintances and friends, I had no kindred.

I'm sorry to say that the word 'friend,' in its reference to young ladies, does not mean very much to me; or, rather, I have learned from experience just what it does mean.

A few years since I was proud of my host of young lady friends, and some I thought would continue to be such through life.