Now, she knew he cared, he cared, and he wanted to marry her, to make her his wife.

After she had reached home, when they were seated at the tea table, she did not think of telling anybody.

She ate and felt as if she were in a blissful crystal sphere of isolation.

It did not occur to her to reveal her secret until she went into her grandmother's room rather late to bid her good night.

Annie had been sitting by herself on the front piazza and allowing herself a perfect feast in future air-castles.