It was not the charm of cleverness, for she was not clever in the usual sense; she said few bright, quotable things, though her humor was keen.

She had carried into womanhood the good looks of her girlhood, and she was a person one looked at twice.

Her eyes were fine and expressive, and they faced the world with an engaging candor.

They had learned to laugh since we saw her first--college and contact with the world had done that for her.

Her face was long, her nose a compromise of good models, her mouth a little large, but offering compensations when she smiled in her quick, responsive fashion.