"I thought I could make you come." The girl spoke in a low tone, a kind of half-whisper.

She did not lisp, yet her articulation of one or two consonants was not absolutely perfect.
"Where did you get that flower, Elsie ?" said Miss Darley.

It was a rare alpine flower, which was found only in one spot among the rocks of The Mountain.
"Where it grew," said Elsie Veneer.

"Take it." The teacher could not refuse her.

The girl's finger tips touched hers as she took it.