Absurdly young, of course; wistfully young! She was undeveloped, and did not even look nearly twenty-one.

You are at liberty to smile at her airs; at that careless critical glance which pityingly said: "Ah! if this were my room, it would be different from what it is;" at that serious worried expression, as if the anxiety of the whole world's deficiencies oppressed the heart within; and at that supreme conviction of wisdom, which after all was little but an exaggerated perception of folly and inconsistency in others!...

She is not to be comprehended on an acquaintance of three days.

Years must go to the understanding of her.

She did not understand herself.