He chummed with Nan and Di and Faith, and looked upon her, Rilla, as a child whom he never noticed except to tease.

And she detested Ethel Reese and Ethel Reese hated her--always had hated her since Walter had pummelled Dan so notoriously in Rainbow Valley days; but why need she be thought beneath Kenneth Ford's notice because she was a country girl, pray?
As for Mary Vance, she was getting to be an out-and-out gossip and thought of nothing but who walked home with people! There was a little pier on the harbour shore below the House of Dreams, and two boats were moored there.

One boat was skippered by Jem Blythe, the other by Joe Milgrave, who knew all about boats and was nothing loth to let Miranda Pryor see it.

They raced down the harbour and Joe's boat won.

More boats were coming down from the Harbour Head and across the harbour from the western side.