He and Eugenia were strolling about the grounds.

Mary, sitting in a hammock on the porch, was impatient for them to come in, for she wanted to see what impression he would make on Rob, whom she had been thinking lately was the nicest man she ever met.

She wanted to see them together to contrast the two, for they seemed wonderfully alike in size and general appearance.

In actions, too, Mary thought, remembering how they both had teased her.
She had not seen Rob since their unhappy encounter early that morning, when she had been so overcome with mortification; and if Betty had not been on the porch also, she would have found it hard to stay and face him.

But she wanted to show Betty that she had taken her little sermon to heart.