From a safe retreat he saw her pass by and stoop to lift his flowers.

Thereafter he put some in the same place every day.
When Alice Reade saw the flowers she knew at once who had put them there, and divined that they were for her.

She lifted them tenderly in much surprise and pleasure.

She had heard all about Jasper Dale and his shyness; but before she had heard about him she had seen him in church and liked him.

She thought his face and his dark blue eyes beautiful; she even liked the long brown hair that Carlisle people laughed at.