I am sure they are deliciously original.

I should like to sketch that mother's broad back beyond anything." It was at this moment that Beatrice and Catherine appeared together on the scene.

Captain Bertram, who thought himself an adept in a certain mild, sarcastic description, was about to gratify Lady Georgiana with a graphic account of the Bells' supper-table, when his gaze met the kind, clear, happy expression of Beatrice Meadowsweet's eyes.

He felt his heart stir within him.

The Bells were her friends, and she was so good, bless her--the best girl he had ever met.