Yet these two worthy ladies were not enemies of Anne; on the contrary, they were really quite fond of her, and would have defended her as their own young had anyone else attacked her.

Human nature is not obliged to be consistent.
Mrs.Inglis--nee Jane Andrews, to quote from the Daily Enterprise--came with her mother and Mrs.Jasper Bell.

But in Jane the milk of human kindness had not been curdled by years of matrimonial bickerings.

Her lines had fallen in pleasant places.

In spite of the fact--as Mrs.
Rachel Lynde would say--that she had married a millionaire, her marriage had been happy.