Besides, she had met a young, strange man, a country boy, it was true, and very plainly dressed, but with the manner and tone of a gentleman, quite good-looking, and very strong.

Strength, mere physical strength, appeals to all girls at certain ages, and Miss Alice Yorke's thoughts quite softened toward the stranger.

Why, he as good as picked her up! He must be as strong as Norman Wentworth, who stroked his crew.

She recalled with approval his good shoulders.
She would ask the old Doctor who he was.

He was a pleasant old man, and though her mother and Mrs.Nailor, another New York lady, did not like the idea of his being the only doctor at the Springs, he had been very nice to her.