There are a great many things safe and proper for married people that might be awf'ly imprudent for a young girl.

Don't you agree, Miss Vertrees ?" "I don't know," returned the frank Mary.

"Do you mean that you intend to remain a friend of Mr.Lamhorn's, but disapprove of Miss Sheridan's doing so ?" "That's it exactly!" was the naive and ardent response of Sibyl.

"What I feel about it is that a man with his reputation isn't at all suitable for Edith, and the family ought to be made to understand it.

I tell you," she cried, with a sudden access of vehemence, "her father ought to put his foot down!" Her eyes flashed with a green spark; something seemed to leap out and then retreat, but not before Mary had caught a glimpse of it, as one might catch a glimpse of a thing darting forth and then scuttling back into hiding under a bush.
"Of course," said Sibyl, much more composedly, "I hardly need say that it's entirely on Edith's account that I'm worried about this.