She was only what the doctor called "quaintly sober," all the rest of the way.
"Why she looks child-like and bright enough now," said Mrs.Sandford, to whom he made the remark.

Daisy and Nora were exchanging mutual gratulations.

The doctor looked at them.
"At the rate in which she is growing old," said he, "she will have the soul of Methusaleh in a body of twenty years." "I don't believe it," said Mrs.Sandford.
Nora and Daisy had a great day of it.

Nothing broke the full flow of business and pleasure during all the long hours; the day was not hot to them, nor the shadows long in coming.

Behind the house there was a deep grassy dell through which a brook ran.