Allie likes you." "And I--I _am_ interested in her.

She is progressing, too; in fact, I have never seen anyone learn more rapidly.

But--she is so unusual.
Still, perhaps I _am_ the one--perhaps it is my duty, under the circumstances--" With this disposition to compromise the father had little difficulty in dealing, so the daily routine was continued.

Allie applied herself to the cultivation of the ordinary social niceties with the same zeal that she followed her studies and her physical exercises.

Fortunately these exercises afforded outlet for the impatience and the scorn that she felt for herself.