He was at liberty at the moment, and his answers to her inquiries, though brief, were polite and kind.

People generally did soften to Clover.

There was such an odd and pretty contrast between her girlish appealing look and her dignified little manner, like a child trying to be stately but only succeeding in being primly sweet.
The next train for St.Helen's left at nine in the morning, it seemed, and the ticket-agent recommended the Sherman House as a hotel where they would be very comfortable for the night.
"The omnibus is just outside," he said encouragingly.

"You'll find it a first-class house,--best there is west of Chicago.

From the East?
Just so.
You've not seen our opera-house yet, I suppose.