"He brought Pansy with him two or three times to the Cascine — Pansy who was very little taller than a year before, and not much older..."

"She was now fifteen and had grown tall, nearly to her full height..."

"Tralala was 15 the first time she was laid..."

"She thought it a remarkable piece of writing for a girl of fifteen..."

"Fifteen yesterday. Curious, fifteenth of the month too. Her first birthday away from home. Seperation."

"She stood in about as awkward a manner as could be conceived..."

"At fifteen, appearances were mending..."