Everyone says she is quite the belle of the county.

Folks reckon she will make a great match.

She is very well liked, too; pleasant and nice without a bit of pride about her, and very high spirited; and, I should say, full of fun, though of course the place has been pretty well shut up for the last year.

For four months after Sir John's death they went away travelling, and were only at home for a few weeks before they went up to London the other day, in time for the first Drawing Room." "I suppose we shall not see much of you for a time, Mallett ?" one of his friends said, as they sat at luncheon.
"No, I don't suppose I shall be able to settle down for a bit.
After the life I have led, I am afraid that I shall find the time hang heavily on my hands, alone here." "You must bring home a wife, Major Mallett," one of the ladies said.
"That is looking quite into the dim future, Mrs.Herbert," he laughed.

"You see, since I first went on active service I have been removed altogether from feminine attractions.