I think character's the most important thing in the world, after all, don't you, Mr.
Russell ?" "Yes," he said, solemnly; and touched his bedewed white forehead with a handkerchief.
"Indeed it is," she agreed with herself, never failing to continue her murmur of laughter.

"That's what I've always told Alice; but she never sees anything good in herself, and she just laughs at me when I praise her.

She sees good in everybody ELSE in the world, no matter how unworthy they are, or how they behave toward HER; but she always underestimates herself.

From the time she was a little child she was always that way.

When some other little girl would behave selfishly or meanly toward her, do you think she'd come and tell me?
Never a word to anybody! The little thing was too proud! She was the same way about school.