"I'll tell you what I think," said Matilda. "She's beau-ti-ful."
"I don't think so," said Letty; "but she's an uncommon looking girl."
"How old is she?"
"She is sixteen."
"Well! Maria's only half a year younger than that."
"She hasn't said three words yet; so I cannot tell what she is," Anne remarked.
"She didn't like going down into the basement," said Letty.
"How do you know?"
"I know she didn't!"
"I should like to know where she would go; there is no other place," said Maria.