Might I borrow this famous glass ?" "Oh," said Mary, "I am not going into any more streams; I am not so brave now as I used to be." "Please lend it me, for all that." "Of course I will, if you wish it." Strange to say, after this, whether Mary walked out or rode out, she very often met Mr.Walter Clifford.

He was always delighted and surprised.

She was surprised three times, and said so, and after that she came to lower her lashes and blush, but not to start.

Each meeting was a pure accident, no doubt, only she foresaw the inevitable occurrence.
They talked about everything in the world except what was most on their minds.

Their soft tones and expressive eyes supplied that little deficiency.
One day he caught her riding on her little Arab.