Astonishing, to see a woman taking this kind of lead!--asking these technical questions--as to land, crops, repairs, food production, and the rest--looking every now and then at the note-book beside her, full of her own notes made on the spot, or again, setting down with a quick hand something that was said to her.

And all through he was struck with her tone of quiet authority--without a touch of boasting or 'side,' but also without a touch of any mere feminine deference to the male.

She was there in the Squire's place, and she never let it be forgotten.

Heavens, women had come on during this war! Through the young man's mind there ran a vague and whirling sense of change.
'Well, Mr.Denman, that all sounds splendid!' said Elizabeth, at last, as she rose from her table.

'The country won't starve, if you can help it! I shall tell the County Committee all about you on Tuesday.