Katie had had an odd sense of Ann's disapproving of her--disapproving of her for her not disapproving of him.
More than once Ann had given her that sense of being disapproved of.
As with all things in the universe just then, he was a new angle back to Ann.

If he were to come there--?
For Major Darrett would not at all disapprove of those eyes of Ann's.

And yet his own eyes would see more than Wayne and Harry Prescott had seen.

Major Darrett had been little on the frontier, but much in the drawing-room; he had never led up San Juan hill, but he had led many a cotillion.

He had had that form of military training which makes society favorites.