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`` He is so clever and so agreeable -- no , fascinating -- that for the first time I forgot myself , and when I remembered was not unhappy because I am not beautiful nor clever . The world must be much nicer than I thought if there are many people like that in it . '' To love she did not give a thought , but she smiled to herself after the light was out , and , still smiling , fell asleep . The next morning she was downstairs by six o'clock , but found Trennahan before her . As he approached her , -- he had been sauntering up and down the drive , -- she wondered what he thought of her costume . As she was not allowed to leave the grounds , a habit had never been thought necessary for the heiress of the house of Yorba . She had worn for the past two years one of her mother 's discarded black skirts and a cotton blouse .