The girl, she said to Miss Penge that evening, was handsome, but penniless and a flirt.

The mother she declared to be a regular old soldier.

As to Lady Augustus she was right; but she had perhaps failed to read Arabella's character correctly.

Arabella Trefoil was certainly not a flirt.

In all the horsey conversation Arabella joined, and her low, clear, slow voice could be heard now and then as though she were really animated with the subject.