The elder children, admitted to the family festival, ate till they could eat no more; stared till they could stare no more; yawned till they could yawn no more--and then went to bed.

Oscar got on well with everybody.

Mrs.Finch was naturally interested in him as one of twins--though she was also surprised and disappointed at hearing that his mother had begun and ended with his brother and himself.

As for Lucilla, she sat in silent happiness, absorbed in the inexhaustible delight of hearing Oscar's voice.

She found as many varieties of expression in listening to her beloved tones, as the rest of us find in looking at our beloved face.