On a chair lay a broken toy, one of those elaborate and costly playthings which serve no purpose but to stunt a child's imagination.

Though the time was midsummer, not a flower appeared among the pretentious ornaments.

The pictures were a strange medley--autotypes of some artistic value hanging side by side with hideous oleographs framed in ponderous gilding.Miss.

------ then violently rang the bell.

When the summons had been twice French looked about her with an expression of strong disgust, repeated, there appeared a young woman whose features told of long and placid slumbers.
'Well?
what does this mean ?' 'The cook doesn't feel well, miss; she can't get up.' 'Then get breakfast yourself, and look sharp about it.' Beatrice spoke with vehemence; her cheeks showed a circle of richer hue around the unchanging rose.