She made an effort and held out her hand with a smile, and the girl's long thin fingers closed on it in a pressure that hurt.
She did not speak.
"She only came back yesterday for the half-term," explained Mrs.
Phillips.

"There's no keeping her away from her books.

'Twas her own wish to be sent to boarding-school.

How would you like to go to Girton and be a B.A.like Miss Allway ?" she asked, turning to the child.
Phillips's entrance saved the need of a reply.

To the evident surprise of his wife he was in evening clothes.
"Hulloa.