It was all so human, so far from her ideas of entertaining that the disapproval on her lips was not sufficiently veiled to be invisible, and John Gilman, glancing in her direction, realized that he was having the best time he had ever had in the Strong household since the passing of his friends, Doctor and Mrs.Strong, vaguely wondered why.

And it occurred to him that Linda and Marian were dominating the party.

He said the most irritating thing possible in the circumstances: "I am afraid you are not feeling well this evening, Eileen." Eileen laughed shortly.
"The one perfect thing about me," she said with closely cut precision, "is my health.

I haven't the faintest notion what it means to be ill.

I am merely waiting for the conversation to take a I turn where I can join in it intelligently." "Why, bless the child!" exclaimed Linda.