She did not grow in knowledge so much as she awakened in the matter of desire.

Mrs.Hale's extended harangues upon the subjects of wealth and position taught her to distinguish between degrees of wealth.

Mrs.Hale loved to drive in the afternoon in the sun when it was fine, and to satisfy her soul with a sight of those mansions and lawns which she could not afford.

On the North Side had been erected a number of elegant mansions along what is now known as the North Shore Drive.

The present lake wall of stone and granitoid was not then in place, but the road had been well laid out, the intermediate spaces of lawn were lovely to look upon, and the houses were thoroughly new and imposing.