When Miss West first came to Overton I thought it would be perfectly splendid to have a real newspaper reporter with us, and because she was Mabel's friend I felt doubly sure of liking her.
"Mabel had sent me a telegram asking me to go to the station to meet her.

Anne and I didn't allow any grass to grow under our feet.

We rushed off post haste to the station.

Confidentially, we were dreadfully disappointed in her.

She was not in the least the sort of girl that I had expected to meet.