As she had at once ranged herself as an aid on the side of Lady Agatha, so she ranged herself entirely without obtrusiveness on the side of the Osborns.
"It's true that she's a good sort," Hester said when they went away.
"Her days of being hard up are not far enough away to be forgotten.

She hasn't any affectation, at any rate.

It makes it easier to stand her." "She looks like a strong woman," said Osborn.

"Walderhurst got a good deal for his money.

She'll make a strapping British matron." Hester winced and a dusky red shot up in her cheek.