Her dress and voice indicated cultivated taste; but the taste was negative, as if Grace had banished carefully all that jarred and then had stopped.

It was characteristic that she was tranquil, although she had grounds for disturbance.

They were some distance from camp and it would soon be dark, but nothing broke the gleaming surface of the lake.

The boat that ought to have met them had not arrived.
"I suppose this is the spot where Harry Vernon agreed to land and take us on board ?" she said.
"It's like the spot.

I understand we must watch out for a point opposite an island with big trees." "Watch out ?" Grace remarked.
"Watch out is good Canadian," Barbara rejoined.