"I came from the east, Miss Gray from the west.

We met on your doorstep." "You looked as if you were enjoying a joke when you came in." "There was time for one between the ringing of the bell and the opening of the door." "Ah, you see, the people downstairs are very old." Mary allowed herself to be persuaded to the country expedition next day.
The spring had been calling to her, calling to her to come out of London to the fields.

More, she consented to go to Hazels on the Saturday.

The spring had disturbed her with a delicious disturbance.

It was no use trying to be dry-as-dust since the spring had got into her blood.