"I think young girls should always aim at being presentable.

But I quite admit that it is more difficult for some than for others.

Dinah, my dear, Mrs.Everard has been kind enough to ask you to lunch in her sitting-room with her, and to go for a sleigh-drive afterward; so you had better run and get respectable as quickly as you can." "Oh, how kind you are!" Dinah said, with earnest eyes uplifted.

"You know how I shall love to come, don't you ?" "I thought you might, dear," Isabel said.

"Scott is coming to keep us company.