9/28 "We have only one brother, so, of course, we shall make very much of you. Isn't she nice, mamma ?" "I'm sure she is; very nice. But I shouldn't have told her so before her face, if you hadn't asked the question." "That's nonsense, mamma. You musn't believe mamma when she pretends to be grand and sententious. It's only put on as a sort of company air, but we don't mean to make company of you." "Pray don't," said Florence. |