She flushed with pleasure.

"I have birth, I hope," she said, and with that her colour deepened, perhaps with a suspicion that this might hurt my feelings.
"But since our reverses," she went on hurriedly, "we Plinlimmons have stood still; and one should move with the times.

I am not with those who think good manners need be old-fashioned ones." She recurred to Mrs.Trapp.

"I feel sure she must be an excellent woman.
Your clothes are well kept, and I read more in needlework than you think.

Also folks cannot neglect their cleanliness and then furbish themselves up in a day.