'Jessie got home on Saturday, and wants you to go and see her, Emily.

I half promised you would call to-morrow morning.' 'Yes, I will,' said Emily.
'I don't think it's altogether right,' remarked Mrs.Hood, 'that Emily should have to work in her holidays; and I'm sure it's all no use; Jessie Cartwright will never do any good if she has lessons from now to Doomsday.' 'Well, it's very necessary she should,' replied Mr.Hood.

'How ever they live as they do passes my comprehension.

There was Mrs.Cartwright taking home fruit and flowers which cost a pretty penny, I'll be bound.
And her talk! I thought I should never get away.

There's one thing, she never has any but good-natured gossip; I never leave her without feeling that she is one of the best-hearted women I know.' 'I can't say that her daughters take after her,' Mrs.Hood remarked, soothed, as always, by comment upon her acquaintances.