Did Amy ask you to go and see her ?' 'Yes, but she said it was uncertain how long they would be living at their present address.

And really, we can't feel sure whether we should be welcome or not just now.' Marian listened with bent head.

She too had to make known to her friends that they were not welcome in her own home; but she knew not how to utter words which would sound so unkind.
'Your brother,' she said after a pause, 'will soon find suitable friends for you.' 'Before long,' replied Dora, with a look of amusement, 'he's going to take us to call on Mrs Boston Wright.

I hardly thought he was serious at first, but he says he really means it.' Marian grew more and more silent.

At home she had felt that it would not be difficult to explain her troubles to these sympathetic girls, but now the time had come for speaking, she was oppressed by shame and anxiety.
True, there was no absolute necessity for making the confession this evening, and if she chose to resist her father's prejudice, things might even go on in a seemingly natural way.