I believe they put upon her, and she has as much capacity as anybody I ever knew for letting herself be trampled upon.' 'What, that splendid, vivacious creature!' said Kendal incredulously.

'I think I'd back her for holding her own.' 'Ah, well, you see,' said the American, with the quiet superiority of a three weeks' acquaintance, 'I know something of her by now, and she's not quite what you might think her at first sight.

However, whether she is afraid of them or not, it's to be hoped they will take care of her.
Naturally, she has a splendid physique, but it seems to me that London tries her.

The piece they have chosen for her is a heavy one, and then of course society is down upon her, and in a few weeks she'll be the rage.' 'I haven't seen her at all,' said Kendal, beginning perhaps to be a little bored with the subject of Miss Bretherton, and turning, eye-glass in hand, towards the sculpture.

'Come and take me some evening.' 'By all means.