Sara does n't care anything about dress , but then she is forty . Walter Shirley was at the Trents ' . The Shirleys are a new family here ; they moved to Atwater two months ago . Walter is the oldest son and has been at college in Marlboro all winter so that nobody here knew him until he came home a fortnight ago . He is very handsome and distinguished-looking and everybody says he is so clever . He plays the violin just beautifully and has such a melting , sympathetic voice and the loveliest deep , dark , inscrutable eyes . I asked Sara when we came home if she did n't think he was splendid . `` He 'd be a nice boy if he was n't rather conceited , '' said Sara . After that it was impossible to say anything more about Mr. Shirley . I am glad he is going to be in Atwater all summer . We have so few really nice young men here ; they go away just as soon as they grow up and those who stay are just the muffs . I wonder if I shall see Mr. Shirley soon again . June Thirtieth . It does not seem possible that it is only a month since my last entry . It seems more like a year -- a delightful year . I ca n't believe that I am the same Beatrice Mason who wrote then . And I am not , either . She was just a simple little girl , knowing nothing but romantic dreams . I feel that I am very much changed . Life seems so grand and high and beautiful .
I want XXXXX be a true noble woman .
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