Of course she's only a kid now, but you can plot her curve easy.

One of these kind that'll say one thing and mean another.

And wild?
Like that time when she started to run off and found us in the graveyard---remember ?" They laughed about this, rehearsing that far-off day with its vicissitudes and sudden fall of wealth.
"That was the first day the Whipples noticed me," said Merle.

"I made such a good impression on them they decided to take me." At another time they talked of their future.

Wilbur was hazy about his own.