How delicate she was! She must have been very beautiful when she was young." "You used to call her the Java sparrow," said Rosa.
"Yes, she made me think of my little Java sparrow, with pale fawn-colored feathers, and little gleams of violet on the neck," responded Flora.
"That lady seems to have made a great impression on your imagination," said Rosa; and Floracita explained that it was because she had never seen anything like her.

She did not mention that she had seen that lady on the island.

The open-hearted child was learning to be reticent.
A few minutes afterward, Rosa exclaimed, "There's Gerald coming!" Her sister watched her as she ran out to meet him, and sighed, "Poor Rosa!".