She has done nothing to deserve it.

Besides, Mabel likes her." "Mabel doesn't say in her letter that she likes her," reminded Anne.
"She says Miss West is clever and that she admires her spirit." "You, too, Anne ?" said Grace reproachfully.
"I don't like her," declared Elfreda belligerently.

"If it weren't for Mabel's letter I'd leave her strictly to her own devices." "We ought to be ashamed of ourselves!" exclaimed Grace.

"We have met Miss West with smiles, and here we are discussing her behind her back." "I didn't meet her with smiles," contradicted Elfreda.

"I was as sober as a judge all the time we stood talking to her.