Nothing could have been more remote from her thoughts than the idea that her own plans concerned any one but herself and her grandfather.

She was not so dull, however, but that she began to feel that Mrs.Bassett was speaking defensively of Marian.
"Marian's taste in reading is very unusual, I think.

I have always insisted that she read only the best.

She is very fond of Tennyson.

I fancy that after all, home training is really the most valuable,--I mean that the atmosphere of the home can give a child what no school supplies.