Her soul looked out of her eyes while she gazed over the azalea in her hand--yet, in spite of the songs of the poets, the soul in her eyes did not make them beautiful.
"I came down with Jonathan, Molly," she said.

"You will doubtless find him at the brook." For an instant she hesitated in confusion and then added hurriedly, "We were speaking about you." "Were you ?" asked Molly a little awkwardly, for Kesiah always embarrassed her.
"We were both saying how much we admired your devotion to your grandfather.

One rarely finds such attachment in the young to the old." "I have always loved him better than anybody except mother." "I am sure you have, and it speaks very well for both of you.

We are all much interested in you, Molly." "It's kind of you to think about me," answered Molly, and her voice was constrained as it had been when she spoke in the library at Jordan's Journey.
"We feel a great concern for your future," said Kesiah.

"Whatever we can do to help you, we shall do very gladly.