I have allowed myself to be interested in a man of very common qualities, and am now bitterly alive to the shame of having sought him out.

I heartily detest him! I will go back--aunt, you are right--I had no business to come....

His light conduct has rendered him uninteresting to me!' III.
When she rose the next morning the bell was clanging for the second breakfast, and people were pouring in from the beach in every variety of attire.

Paula, whom a restless night had left with a headache, which, however, she said nothing about, was reluctant to emerge from the seclusion of her chamber, till her aunt, discovering what was the matter with her, suggested that a few minutes in the open air would refresh her; and they went downstairs into the hotel gardens.
The clatter of the big breakfast within was audible from this spot, and the noise seemed suddenly to inspirit Paula, who proposed to enter.
Her aunt assented.

In the verandah under which they passed was a rustic hat-stand in the form of a tree, upon which hats and other body-gear hung like bunches of fruit.