"Jean, to my mind, is the best-looking girl in Priorsford.

She walks so well and has such an honest, jolly look.

I'm glad there's no one to dress her and make an affected doll of her....

She's the kind of girl a man would like to have for a daughter." "But what," asked Mrs.Duff-Whalley, "can Miss Reston have in common with people like the Jardines?
I don't believe they have more than L300 a year, and such a plain little house, and one queer old servant.

Miss Reston must be accustomed to things so very different.