She has lived so entirely with that scientific father of hers that she has absorbed all sorts of odds and ends of knowledge from him.

That is why college and girls and the whole thing terrified her." "Terrified her," said Miriam incredulously.

"I thought matters quite the reverse." "That was precisely what I thought until she told me that, no matter how vengeful she looked, she was always afraid of the girls.

She never seemed to be able to say the right thing at the right moment.

That was why she used to scowl so fiercely when any one spoke or looked at her." "I don't think it was altogether fear of the girls that caused her to lock us out that day," observed Miriam, a gleam of laughter appearing in her black eyes.
"I don't suppose it was," retorted Elfreda good-humoredly.