She washed herself well first, though, and Mrs.Tester said that she came out of her bath as fair as a lily, and her hair shining like red gold.

I thought last night, mother," concluded Catherine, "that Josephine must be a pretty girl.

I should like to have seen her this morning when her hair shone and her face was like a lily." "You are full of curiosity about this girl, are you not, Catherine ?" asked her mother.
"It is true, mother.

I conjecture much about her." "I can never gratify your curiosity, nor set your conjectures right." "You know about her then, mother ?" "Yes, I know about her." "Is Josephine an impostor ?" Mrs.Bertram paused.
"She is an impostor," she said then, in a slow, emphatic voice.
"Mother," said her daughter, suddenly.

"You look very ill." "I have gone through a bad time, Kate.