Reddy Brooks was secretly congratulating himself that he hadn't been riding behind her on the sled as she had wished, insisting that she wanted to do the guiding herself.

It was curious, he thought, and might have resulted in a serious accident, at least to Anne if David hadn't pulled her away.

If Miriam had only thought to throw herself to the right when she saw Anne in the way.

Girls had no heads, anyway, that is, most girls.

Grace, he decided, was almost equal to a man for coolness and good judgment.