The _Examiner_, chuckled, and hasn't done referring to the matter yet." Apart with Lilian, Mrs.Liversedge had begun to talk of the society of Polterham.

She did not try to be witty at the expense of her neighbours, but confessed with a sly smile that literature and the arts were not quite so well appreciated as might be wished.
"You are a serious student, I know--very learned in languages.

I wish I had had more time for reading, and a better head.

But seven children, you know--oh dear! Even my little bit of French has got so ragged that I am really ashamed of it.

But there _is_ one woman who studies.