It is such a literature as you have in England, which has done so much to endear the wildflowers and birds and all natural objects there to the heart of the people.

Our Canadian flora and fauna are at present unsung, and therefore, to a large extent, unobserved by the people, for I think the chief use of the poet is to interpret nature to the people--don't you ?" Blue ventured "yes," and Red lisped in confusion, "Do you think so, really ?" but as for any opinion on the subject they had none.

Sophia, fearing that her sisters would be cast aside as hopeless dunces, was obliged to turn partially from the praise that was being lavished on Trenholme to make some pithy remark upon the uses of the poet.
Sophia, although half conscious of her own unreasonableness, decided now that the Browns might go one way and she another; but she was indebted to this visit for a clue in analysing the impression Trenholme made upon her.

His new friends had called him noble; she knew now that when she knew him ten years before he had seemed to her a more noble character.
In the next few weeks she observed that in every picnic, every pleasure party, by land or water, Principal Trenholme was the most honoured guest, and, indeed, the most acceptable cavalier.

His holidays had come, and he was enjoying them in spite of much work that he still exacted from himself.