Randal answered that he had seen Miss Westerfield.

The inevitable question followed.

What did he think of her?
"I'll tell you in a week or two more," he replied.
"No! tell me at once." "I don't like trusting my first impression; I have a bad habit of jumping to conclusions." "Jump to a conclusion to please me.

Do you think she's pretty ?" Randal smiled and looked away.

"Your governess," he replied, "looks out of health, and (perhaps for that reason) strikes me as being insignificant and ugly.