It was impossible not to think that she had beheld in Rachel some one whom she had not expected, and was not well pleased to see.

Yet this young girl had been a child when she had come to Hillsbro', and she had not known Rachel by name.

My head ached distressfully over the puzzle, but I could make nothing of it.

Jane was an odd girl; she had conceived a prejudice against Miss Leonard, and had taken a whimsically rude way of showing it.

This was all the conclusion I could come to on the subject.
One evening we had a dinner party, and a good many young people being present, we danced a little.