A roundness was creeping over her lean frame; a glow was beginning to color her lips and cheek bones; a dewy look could be surprised in her dark eyes occasionally.

She had the effect of a creature with something yeasty bottled inside it that was beginning to ferment and might effervesce at any minute.

Eileen had been so surprised the previous evening and again before dinner, that she made up her mind that hereafter one might expect almost anything from Linda.

She would no longer follow a suggestion unless the suggestion accorded with her sense of right and justice.

It was barely possible that it might be required to please her inclinations.