He makes great efforts to free himself from all prejudices." "Unfortunately," she remarked, "he is very down on the independent woman.

He would make housekeepers and cooks of all of us." "Surely," he protested, with a quiet smile, "your cousins are more ambitious than that.

I am sure Selina would never wear a cooking-apron, unless it had ribbon and frilly things all over it." She laughed.
"After all, they have been kind to me," she said.

"My mother was the black sheep of the family, and when she died Mr.Bullsom paid my passage home, and insisted upon my coming to live here as one of the family.

I should hate them to think that I am discontented, only the things which satisfy them do not satisfy me, so life sometimes becomes a little difficult." "Have you friends in London ?" he asked.
"None! I tried living there when I first came back for a few weeks, but it was impossible." "You will be very lonely, surely.