He presently found it amusing to 'draw' her; and subjects presented themselves in plenty.

She was now much less shy; and her secret disapproval gave her tongue.

His challenges and her replies became a feature of the day; Miss Manisty and Mr.Neal began to listen with half-checked smiles, to relish the girl's crisp frankness, and the quick sense of fun that dared to show itself now that she was more at home.
'And how improved she is! That's like all the Americans--they're so adaptable,'-- Miss Manisty would think, as she watched her nephew in the evenings teasing, sparring, or arguing with Lucy Foster--she so adorably young and fresh, the new and graceful lines of the _coiffure_ that Eleanor had forced upon her, defining the clear oval of the face and framing the large eyes and pure brow.

Her hands, perhaps, would be lightly clasped on her white lap, their long fingers playing with some flower she had taken from her belt.

The lines of the girlish figure would be full of dignity and strength.