"It was the loveliest thing you ever saw, Anna.

The princess was a beauty, and no mistake; even Charles thought so, and he has seen princesses by the score.

I am glad I went; the boys won't think me such a duffer when I tell them.

Don't shake your head, Anna; you are a girl, and you don't understand how much one has to put up with from the fellows.

They call me the Puritan, and ask if I wear pinafores at home.