When they left her she promised to be as cheerful as possible and to look on the bright side of life.
"I can't thank you," she said, "so I won't try.

You must know how grateful we are to you." As Beth and Kenneth drove back to Elmhurst they were both rather silent, for they had been strongly affected by the scene at the farm-house.
"It's so good of you, Ken, to take Tom Gates into your employ," said the girl, pressing her cousin's arm.

"And I'm sure he'll be true and grateful." "I really need him, Beth," said the boy.

"There is getting to be too much correspondence for Mr.Watson to attend to, and I ought to relieve him of many other details.

It's a good arrangement, and I'm glad I thought of it." They had almost reached Elmhurst when they met the Honorable Erastus Hopkins driving along the road.