If he did not find him all his fancy painted, Milly was clever enough to keep him quiet.

She was, when all was said and done, one of the American women of title, her servants and the tradespeople addressed her as "my lady," and with her capacity for appropriating what was most useful, and her easy assumption of possessing all required, she was a very smart person indeed.

She provided herself with an English accent, an English vocabulary, and an English manner, and in certain circles was felt to be most impressive.
At an afternoon function in the country Mrs.Vanderpoel had met Lady Bowen.

She had been one of the few kindly ones, who in the past had given an occasional treat to Milly Jones for her girlhood's sake.

Lady Bowen, having gathered a small group of hearers, was talking volubly to it, when the nice woman entered, and, catching sight of her, she swept across the room.