"Won't you tell me ?" He made a curious gesture.

It was almost a movement of flinching.
"You're so young," he said.
"Oh, but I'm not--I'm not!" she assured him.

"It's only my face.
I'm quite old really.

I've been through a lot." "You've never seen life yet," he said.
"I have!" she declared with an odd vehemence.

"I've learnt lots of things.