Perhaps I ought to remember that she is very young, a mere girl and make allowances.

"I am no longer to be burdened with the look of a mere girl?"

A pretty, soft-looking woman too - and a mere girl!

It must pain him, to realize that he had thus revealed himself to a mere girl, and one of relatively short acquaintance.

No woman of her apparent years, a mere girl, could ever radiate confidence as she did.

Afraid that what you see as a mere girl can best you at a simple challenge?

When I saw her again, she was no longer a mere girl.

What right does a mere girl have to sound like a Master?

But a small part of his mind replied, This is no mere girl.

A woman- a mere girl in appearance- was among these, bearing a rough stick.