I have hoped that Marian might go to college.

Aunt Sally takes the greatest interest in Marian, naturally, but she has never urged it upon us." Sylvia gazed off across the lake and made no reply.

She recalled distinctly Mrs.Owen's comments on Marian, expressed quite clearly on the day of their drive into the country, a year before.

It was not for her to repeat those observations; she liked Marian and admired her, and she saw no reason why Marian should not go to college.

Sylvia, guessing nothing of what was in Mrs.Bassett's mind, failed to understand that Mrs.Owen's approval of Marian's education was of importance.