How well he talked! What a wide-minded, generous man! The gate into the gardens must have been hurrying towards them, it was reached so soon.

Wentworth, after a momentary surprise at beholding it, stopped the cob, and helped Fay with extreme care to the ground.

One of Fay's attractions was her appearance of great fragility.

Men felt instinctively that with the least careless usage she might break in two.
She must be protected, cheered, have everything made smooth for her.

She was in reality much stronger than many of her taller, more robust-looking sisters, who, whether wives or spinsters, if they required assistance, had to look for it in quinine.