I am no longer a child.

I am fifteen.

I am a young lady." "So you are, and a very charming one," rejoined he, giving her a playful tap on the cheek as he spoke.
"I am going to tell Rosa you have come," said she; and she started on the run.
When they were all together in the cottage she tried not to seem constrained; but she succeeded so ill that Rosa would have noticed it if she had not been so absorbed in her own happiness.

Gerald was all affection to her, and full of playful raillery with Flora,--which, however, failed to animate her as usual.
From that time a change came over the little maiden, and increased as the days passed on.

She spent much of her time in her own room; and when Rosa inquired why she deserted them so, she excused herself by saying she wanted to do a great deal of shell-work for Madame Guirlande, and that she needed so many boxes they would be in the way in the sitting-room.