She was blunt, without being tactless, and her conversation was sometimes piquant.
Moreover, he remembered that Ethel and Sylvia were old acquaintances.
"I find her so," he said.

"Though she has obviously had trouble, she's very bright.

It's a sign of courage." "In Sylvia Marston's case, it's largely a reaction.

She spent what she regards as two harrowing years in Canada." "After all, Canada doesn't seem to be a bad place," said Bland.

"Two of my friends, who left the Service, went out to take up land and they evidently like it.