Emma's eyes blazed with delight, but she did not speak; her thoughts were busy, but not wholly with the animals of the garden.

Fred was delighted at the prospect; but the zooelogical garden had a powerful rival in an enormous night-moth which was humming about his head, and which he could hardly resist his desire to jump up and catch.

Such a prize it would be! But he recollected his aunt's advice, on the good manners of sitting still, especially in Mrs.Stanhope's presence.

Oscar was overjoyed at the prospect of a voyage, and he bethought himself immediately of the possibility of meeting with persons much more desirable for his Society than Elsli's baker's boy.
The next day the children sat down to keep their promise of writing home an account of their experiences.

The three letters were very different in style, but they were all filled with the delight of their writers at the beauty and magnificence of the villa, and with the pleasures they enjoyed and the kindness they received.