With any unaffected individual Shirley could easily and quickly cement an acquaintance. She walked and talked with Sir Philip; she, her aunt, and cousins sometimes took a sail in his yacht. She liked him because she found him kind and modest, and was charmed to feel she had the power to amuse him.

With any unaffected person Shirley could easily make friends. She walked and talked with Sir Philip; she and her aunt and cousins sometimes took a sail in his yacht. She liked him because she found him kind and modest, and was charmed that she had the power to amuse him.
