He struck me as being very odd.
My school friends were attentive, but I only admitted Helen Perkins to see me.

Her liking for me opened my heart still more toward her.

She was my first intimate friend--and my last.

Though younger than I, she was more experienced, and had already passed through scenes I knew nothing of, which had sobered her judgment, and given her feelings a practical tinge.

She was noted for having the highest spirits of any girl in school--another result of her experiences.