When I went out yesterday Mrs.Morris asked me point-blank if I hadn't news for her, and Miss Peters has taken so frightfully to rolling her eyes whenever Matty and Captain Bertram are seen together, that I'm quite afraid she will contract a regular squint.
How long was he with Matty on the green last night, Alice ?" "About half-an-hour, I should say," responded Alice.

"They walked round the Green five times, with me and Sophy doing gooseberry behind.

I don't think Matty stopped laughing for a single minute, and the captain he did quiz her frightfully." "Poor man, he was trying to wheedle her heart out of her!" remarked the gratified mother.

"And he has all my sympathies, and what's more, we must have him to supper, and lobsters and crabs, and anything else he fancies.

It isn't for me to be hard-hearted, and not give the poor fellow his opportunities; and no doubt Matty will relent by-and-bye." "Oh, dear me, mother, she has relented now.