"Mary," said Nell, "inside of the Marshall house you may be a marvelous liar, but outside of it your work is really very poor."
[CHAPTER XI]
The Valet in the House
A small, thin girl with large, vivid eyes, a blue dress and collar-bones, who was zooming up-stairs two steps at a time, ran head on into Bill, who was coming slowly down. Her head struck him at the waist line and Bill sat down on a step. She immediately sat beside him.
"Isn't this the funniest party!" she exclaimed. "Did I hurt you?"
"It is, and you didn't," answered Bill.
He had never seen her before.
"I haven't seen a soul I know, except mother, who brought me here."