'What on earth can you be laughing at now ?' 'I was laughing at myself,' said Katie, still going on with her half-suppressed chuckle, 'and thinking what a fool I was to go on dancing so long with that M.de l'Empereur.

Oh dear, Gertrude, I am so tired: shall we be home soon ?' and then she burst out crying.
The excitement and fatigue of the day had been too much for her, and she was now completely overcome.

Ugolina Neverbend's advice, though not quite given in the kindest way, had in itself been good.

Mrs.Woodward would, in truth, have been unhappy could she have seen her child at this moment.

Katie made an attempt to laugh off her tears, but she failed, and her sobs then became hysterical, and she lay with her head on her married sister's shoulder, almost choking herself in her attempts to repress them.
'Dear Katie, don't sob so,' said Linda--'don't cry, pray don't cry, dear Katie.' 'She had better let it have its way,' said Gertrude; 'she will be better directly, won't you, Katie ?' In a little time she was better, and then she burst out laughing again.