As she looked at him, she wondered doubtfully whether he would ever make that great career his schoolmaster had so confidently predicted for him.

He was so--so--she could only find the word "conventional" to describe him.
Janet Tosswill passed over Dolly quickly.

To-day Dolly looked a little different from the others, for she was wearing a hat, and it was clear that she had just come in from the village.

Her step-mother noticed with dissatisfaction that the over large brooch fastening Dolly's blouse was set in awry, and that there were wisps of loose hair lying on her neck.
As for Rosamund, she looked ill-humoured, frankly bored to-day--but oh, how pretty and dainty, next to the commonplace Dolly! Rosamund's gleaming fair hair curled naturally all over her head; she had lovely, startled-looking eyes which went oddly with a very determined, if beautifully moulded, mouth and chin.
Betty was convinced that, given a chance, Rosamund would make a success on the stage, but Betty was prejudiced.

There had always been a curious link of sympathy between the two sisters, utterly different as they were, and many as were the years that separated them.
Tom was the only one of the flock who presented no problem.