Every one is going to sleep down-stairs and carriages will not arrive till eleven.

I have rung for Polly to dress you.

Phyllis and Nell can come down also if they please." The Enderby girls concluded from this speech that their mother had sent for them, and in a short time Mrs.Rushton returned to the drawing-room, accompanied by the three children.
Mrs.Enderby looked exceedingly surprised and not quite pleased, but Mrs.Rushton said, "I have provided some amusement for your people.

Hetty will make them laugh." Hetty was flushed and trembling with excitement, and at a signal from her adopted mother she stepped into the middle of the room and began her entertainment; Mrs.Rushton having walked about among the guests beforehand, telling them that the child was going to give them some sketches of character, the result of her own observations.
Hetty began with a conversation between a mincing and lackadaisical young lady and a bouncing one who talked noisily; and she changed her attitudes, her accent, the expressions of her face in such droll ways, and altogether contrasted the two characters so well, that a round of applause and laughter greeted and encouraged her.

Then followed a ridiculous scene between a cross old lady and an amiable old gentleman in a hotel; and so on.