"Oh, Miss Phebe is friends with the entire village in a way.

They all call her 'Phebe,' and keep accurate track of her birthdays, from Dick Hardcastle up.

And I am sure she hasn't an enemy in the world.

But there is this remarkable feature in the case, that you could go over the entire population of Joppa by name without eliciting a single thrill of enthusiasm from this really enthusiastic young lady." "I cannot help it," Phebe murmured, a little shamefacedly.

"I bore them, and they bore me." "That's a point in your education I am going to take up later," remarked Mr.Halloway, cheerfully.