"Was she vexed?"
"No, she wasn't vexed. Lois isn't the woman to be vexed. But I have an idea she was a little hurt."
"Did she say so?"
"Say so? Lois? She'd never say anything against anybody. Lois is a perfect angel.... Isn't she, Laurencine?"
Laurencine was being monopolized by Everard.
"What did you say?" the girl asked, collecting herself.
"I was just saying what an angel Lois is."
"Oh, she is !" the younger sister agreed, with immense and sincere emphasis.
George, startled, said to himself suddenly:
"Was I mistaken in her? Some girls you are mistaken in! They're regular bricks, but they keep it from you at first."