Indeed the thought of that lively family of cousins brought out so sharply the contrast of her own loneliness that she almost wished she had never heard of them.

Why did other people get all the luck in life?
"What's the matter?
You're very glum," said Irene.
"Nothing! I can't always be sparkling, can I ?" "I suppose not.

But I thought you'd be interested in Marjorie coming." "How can I be interested in some one I've never seen ?" snapped Lorna, walking abruptly away.
Irene looked after her and shook her head.
"I've put my foot in it somehow," she ruminated.

"You never know how to take Lorna.

A thing that pleases her one day annoys her the next.