"You know the troops are very widely scattered, and his regiment may not be up in time; beside, you see, the Prussians are likely to be first attacked, and they may beat the French before the English get up to join in the battle." "Now, Mrs.Conway," Mr.Withers said when they had finished breakfast, "please take pity on us and tell us all about it." "Is Mabel to go away, or is she to hear it all, James ?" Mrs.Withers asked.
"What do you think, Mrs.Conway ?" "I see no reason whatever against her hearing.

Mabel is fast growing up.

You are past fifteen now, are you not, Mabel ?" "Yes, Mrs.Conway." "Then I think she has a right to hear all about it.

She is, after all, the party most interested." "Thank you, Mrs.Conway," the girl said.

"Please let us go out into the garden and sit in the chairs under the shade of that tree.