She's looking rather lovely to-day, don't you think?
You must forgive a mother's partiality...

Oh, you're not bringing that little dog, are you?
Surely--" Jeremy, who had from the first hated Mrs.Le Page, forgot his shyness and brought out fiercely: "Of course he's coming.

Hamlet always goes everywhere with us." "Hamlet!" said Mr.Le Page in his deep bass voice.
"What a strange name for a dog!" said Mrs.Le Page in tones of vague distrust.
At last it was settled that one member of the Cole party should ride with the Le Pages, and Mary was selected.

Poor Mary! inevitably chosen when something unpleasant must be done.

To-day it was especially hard for her, because she entertained so implacable a hatred for the lovely Charlotte and looked, it must be confessed, so plain and shabby by the side of her.