Even Mrs.Rintoul showed a fortitude and courage that would not have been expected from her.
"One never knows people," Mrs.Doolan said to Isobel, as they walked back from one of these meetings, "as long as one only sees them under ordinary circumstances.

I have never had any patience with Mrs.Rintoul, with her constant complaining and imaginary ailments.

Now that there is really something to complain about, she is positively one of the calmest and most cheerful among us.

It is curious, is it not, how our talk always turns upon home?
India is hardly ever mentioned.

We might be a party of intimate friends, sitting in some quiet country place, talking of our girlhood.