She must not even be allowed to hang over the banister and watch him pass through the hall, as she had proposed doing.
The more she persisted in her refusal the more determined Elise was to see him.

A.O.imagined she could feel herself growing thin and pale from so much lying awake of nights to invent some excuse to circumvent her.
If she only knew what day Jimmy was to be in Washington she could arrange to meet him there.

So she could plan a trip to the dentist with Miss Gilmer, the trained nurse, as chaperon.

She wouldn't have minded introducing him to Elise if she had never painted him to her in such glowing colours as her hero.

She wished she hadn't told her it was Jimmy who was coming.