He and the Bretherton party, however, had been going about together for several days, so that he and she had plenty of gossip in common.

Miss Bretherton's enthusiasm about Venice is of a very naive, hot, outspoken kind.

It seems to me that she is a very susceptible creature.

She lives her life fast, and crowds into it a greater number of sensations than most people.

All this zest and pleasure must consume a vast amount of nervous force, but it makes her very refreshing to people as _blases_ as Paul and I are.