Extreme youth is always susceptible to diversion which affords a degree of alleviation for grief.

Many older people have the same facility of turning before the impetus of circumstances to another view of life, which serves to take their minds off too close concentration upon sorrow, but it is not so universal.

Maria, although she was sadly lonely, in a measure, enjoyed taking her meals at Mrs.Jonas White's.

She had never done anything like it before.
The utter novelty of sitting down to Mrs.White's table, and eating in company with her and Mr.Jonas White, and Lillian White, and a son by the name of Henry, amused her.

Then, too, they were all very kind to her.