Not finding her niece in the house, she had thought of the Square.

What could be more natural than that the cousins should take an evening walk, in one of the prettiest enclosures in London?
Her anticipation of Ovid's recovery, and her admiration of Carmina's powers of persuasion appeared, for the time, to be the only active ideas in that comprehensive mind.

When the servant brought in the tray, with the claret and soda-water, she sent for Miss Minerva to join them, and hear the good news; completely ignoring the interruption of their friendly relations, earlier in the evening.

She became festive and facetious at the sight of the soda-water.

"Let us imitate the men, Miss Minerva, and drink a toast before we go to bed.
Be cheerful, Carmina, and share half a bottle of soda-water with me.