Relieved of the first uneasiness with which she had gone to Ohio to bring her young sister to New York, surprised and delighted at finding how the awkward girl she had known had developed since the last time they had met, Amy now took Ethel about to get her "clothes fit to be seen in." And as with intent little glances she kept studying "Ethel's type" in order to set off her charms, the slightly bored expression, the look of disillusionment left Amy's pretty countenance.

For Ethel's freshness had given to Amy new zest and belief in her own life, in its purpose and importance.

To get Ethel clothes, to show her about, to find her friends, to give her a gay winter in town and later to make a good match for her--these aims loomed large in Amy's mind.

She felt her own youth returning, and she prolonged this period.

She wanted Ethel all to herself.