Yet she could not see how the walls were to be broken down if he maintained this icy reserve.

She was sure that the masterful tone was the one to win with a girl like that, but evidently Monty would not accept advice.

That he was mistaken about Barbara's feeling she did not doubt for a moment, and she saw things going hopelessly wrong for want of a word.

There were times when she let herself dream of possibilities, but they always ended by seeming too impossible.

She cared too much to make the attainment of her vision seem simple.