She told me herself she's only twenty.

You see, the trouble is, she went into company injudiciously early, a mere baby, in fact; and that causes her to have the name of being older than she is.

But, I do assure you, she's only twenty.

She told me so herself." "Oh, indeed!" said Grace, prudently choking back the contradiction which she longed to utter.

"I know it seems a good many summers since I heard of her as a belle at Newport." "Ah, yes, exactly! You see she went into company, as a young lady, when she was only thirteen.