But the girl's nature shone out in the telling.

Her love of the country-side and of the people who dwelt there was manifest.

She could see the humour and the tragedy of the small village troubles.

There was a warm friendliness for Durrance moreover expressed, not so much in a sentence as in the whole spirit of the letters.

It was evident that she was most keenly interested in all that he did; that, in a way, she looked upon his career as a thing in which she had a share, even if it was only a friend's share.