And Miss Gailey inspected her with the calm and omniscient detachment of a deity, and said to Caroline when she was gone that Florrie seemed a promising little thing--with the 'makings of a good servant' in her.
Afterwards the mistress recounted this judgment to Florrie, who was thereby apparently much impressed and encouraged in well-doing.
III "And so you're thinking of going to London, Miss Gailey ?" said Hilda, during tea.

The meal was progressing satisfactorily, though Caroline could not persuade Sarah to eat enough.
Miss Gailey flushed slightly, with the characteristic nervous movement of the head.

Evidently her sensitiveness was extreme.
"And what do you know about it, you inquisitive little puss ?" Mrs.
Lessways intervened hastily, though it was she who had informed Hilda of the vague project.

Somehow, in presence of her old friend, Mrs.Lessways seemed to feel herself under an obligation to play the assertive and crushing mother.
"Has Mr.Cannon mentioned it ?" said Miss Gailey politely.

Miss Gailey, at any rate, recognized in the most scrupulous way that Hilda was an adult, and no longer a foal-legged pupil for dancing.