Miss Palmer is going to take the part of Portia." "Is she ?" said Mrs.Hurstwood.
"They've got that Martha Griswold in it again.

She thinks she can act." "Her family doesn't amount to anything, does it ?" said Mrs.Hurstwood sympathetically.

"They haven't anything, have they ?" "No," returned Jessica, "they're poor as church mice." She distinguished very carefully between the young boys of the school, many of whom were attracted by her beauty.
"What do you think ?" she remarked to her mother one evening; "that Herbert Crane tried to make friends with me." "Who is he, my dear ?" inquired Mrs.Hurstwood.
"Oh, no one," said Jessica, pursing her pretty lips.

"He's just a student there.

He hasn't anything." The other half of this picture came when young Blyford, son of Blyford, the soap manufacturer, walked home with her.