“Yes. You’ve never made any complaints about her, or threatened to send her home or anything.”
“We have no complaints to make,” Mrs. Benjamin smiled. “She is a very clever and delightful child.”
“Delightful? Isabelle?”
“We find her so. Affectionate, easily managed, full of life, and a natural leader.”
“How Isabelle must have changed!” said Wally, soulfully.
When at a summons from Mrs. Benjamin the girl came into the room, he saw that she had changed. She electrified the room with her health and vitality.
“Wally!” she exclaimed, and suddenly went white to the lips.
“Hello, Isabelle; thought I’d have a look at you, in passing.”
He kissed her cold cheek awkwardly.