"It is because I think it would be amusing to sit and be painted.

I have always thought that." "I am sorry you have not had better things to think about, my daughter," said Mr.Wentworth.
"You are very beautiful, cousin Gertrude," Felix declared.
"That 's a compliment," said Gertrude.

"I put all the compliments I receive into a little money-jug that has a slit in the side.

I shake them up and down, and they rattle.

There are not many yet--only two or three." "No, it 's not a compliment," Felix rejoined.