He was like a man on fire.

No wonder that a spark caught in you, Caroline.

He--he's a--very fine-looking fellow, don't you think, Caroline ?" "Bill Gregg?
Yes, indeed." "I mean Ronicky." "Of course! Very handsome!" There was something in the voice of Caroline that made Ruth look down sharply to her face, but the girl was clever enough to mask her excitement and delight.
"Afterward, when you think over what he has said, it isn't a great deal, but at the moment he seems to know a great deal--about what's going on inside one, don't you think, Caroline ?" These continual appeals for advice, appeals from the infallible Ruth Tolliver, set the heart of Caroline beating.

There was most certainly something in the wind.
"I think he does," agreed Caroline, masking her eyes.

"He has a way, when he looks at you, of making you feel that he isn't thinking of anything else in the world but you." "Does he have that same effect on every one ?" asked Ruth.