His face was flushed, and Alethea Craig always declared that he looked "just plain everyday cross."
He had not forgotten Alethea, however, and he nattered himself that he was as true in his allegiance to her as he had been before.
At first I feared that Jasper and Alethea would not have got on very smoothly together.
It was this which decided Alethea that the boy was worth taking pains with.
The knowledge that the Alethea was minute by minute slipping beyond his reach seemed to madden him.
