He welcomed her courteously, but shyly.

She replied with rare affability, and that entire absence of mock-modesty which was already a feature in her character.

To be sure, she was little more than fifteen, though she was full grown, and looked nearer twenty.
Bartley began to feel his way with Colonel Clifford about the farm.

He told him he was pretty successful in agriculture, thanks to the assistance of an experienced friend, and then he said, half carelessly, "By-the-bye, they tell me you have one to let.

Is that so ?" "Walter," said Colonel Clifford, "have you a farm to let ?" "Not at present, sir; but one will be vacant in a month, unless the present tenant consents to pay thirty per cent.