With sound sense, she had calmly acquiesced in the situation; but George found the latter pleasant.

His companion was pretty, the swift motion had brought a fine warmth into her cheeks, and a sparkle into her eyes; and George was slightly vexed when Edgar, appearing round the front of the engine, unnoticed by the girl, surveyed him with a grin.
"Is there room for me ?" he asked.

"I had to leave the place where I was, because my fellow passengers didn't seem to mind if they pushed me off.

A stranger doesn't get much consideration in this country." The girl looked up at him consideringly and answered, through the roar of the engine: "You may sit here, if you'll stop criticizing us." "It's quite fair," Edgar protested, as he took his place by her side.
"I've been in Canada only three days, but I've several times heard myself alluded to as an Englishman, as if that were some excuse for me." "Are you sure you haven't been provoking people by your superior air ?" "I didn't know I possessed one; but I don't see why I should be very humble because I'm in Canada." The girl laughed good-humoredly, and turned to George.
"I'm glad I came.

This is delightful," she said.
It was, George admitted, an exhilarating experience.