Give her time! Give her time!" So Mrs.Peck gave her time and urged her not at all.

She was not very friendly with Columbine in those days.

She disapproved of her, and her manner said as much.

She kept all suspicions to herself, but she could not behave as if nothing had happened.
"There's wild blood in her," she said darkly.

"I mistrust her." And Columbine was fully aware of the fact, but she was too wretched to resent it.