"One can always tell if a person is to be trusted or not." "Well, I can tell that I shall _not_ trust Anna _ever_," cried Betty viciously, roused to deep anger by Dan's championship of Anna Pike.
But Dan was not impressed.

"Oh well," he said, turning carelessly on his heel, "if you are so narrow-minded and have made up your mind not to like her, it is no use to say anything more." "I am not narrow-minded," cried Betty hotly.

"I don't know what you mean." "I don't suppose you do," laughed Dan.

"Never mind.

Cheer up, Elizabeth, I will give you a dictionary on your birthday." "No, you won't, 'cause you won't have money enough," said Betty; "and-- and I wouldn't accept it if you got it." "I'll leave you my old one when I go to school, and I advise you to study it well before you go to Miss Richards's.