She seemed like a stranger to him.

Her innermost character, which he had heretofore only guessed at by superficial signs, was written plainly on her face.

The boy felt himself immeasurably small and young, manly and bold of his age as he really was.

When a young girl stretches to the full height of her instincts, she dwarfs any boy of her own age.

Maria's feeling for her little sister was fairly maternal.