She would no longer be the compliant little sister who would run Eileen's errands, wait upon her guests and wear disreputable clothing.

When Linda reached a point where she was capable of the performance of the previous night, Marian knew that she would proceed to live up to her blue china in every ramification of life.

She did not know exactly how Linda would follow up the assertion of her rights that she had made, but she did know that in some way she would follow it up, because Linda was a very close reproduction of her father.
She had been almost constantly with him during his life, very much alone since his death.

She was a busy young person.

From Marian's windows she had watched the business of carrying on the wild-flower garden that Linda and her father had begun.