She is one of the pretty, flushy, pink ones." "How nice Bond Street is on a spring morning like this," said Lady Anstruthers.

"You may laugh at me for saying it, Betty, but somehow it seems to me more spring-like than the country." "How clever of you!" laughed Betty.

"There is so much truth in it." The people walking in the sunshine were all full of spring thoughts and plans.

The colours they wore, the flowers in the women's hats and the men's buttonholes belonged to the season.

The cheerful crowds of people and carriages had a sort of rushing stir of movement which suggested freshness.