She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine.

an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend

Mr. Valentine wants that youse keep that as his gift, and would very much like the pleasure of youse's company—no strings.

A disadvantage is that one is averaging over two different baselines so that if only the long-distance sample has oscillated significantly the result will be diluted by the unoscillated sample from the shorter baseline.