"No one would take him for a clergyman." (says Lucy about Mr. Beebe). Why?
Mr. Beebe laughs and speaks like an ordinary man, he is very cheerful and unconventional.
The little old ladies murmured that "one cannot be too careful with a young girl". What did they mean by that?
they reassure Charlotte that she was right in refusing Mr. Emerson's offer to take the room because it was improper -dangerous for Lucy to meet other men.
"there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time -beautiful." (about Mr. Emerson) What does this mean?
beauty and delicacy are not necessarily the same thing, the author suggests. Restrictive moral standards may clash with beauty.
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