But to be frowned upon the first evening, as though she were a troublesome child!--she did not resent it at all, but it tickled her sense of humour.

She thought happily of her next letter to Uncle Ben; how she would describe these rather strange people.
And at first she hardly listened to what was being read.

The voice displeased her.

It was too emphatic--she disliked its tremolo, its deep bass vibrations.

Surely one should read more simply! Then the first impression passed away altogether.