We carried all our possessions downstairs, and heaped them on the large dining-table, and so made our preparations together in the same room.

I am sure we have taken nothing away which does not properly belong to us.
"Having already mentioned to you my own conviction that Magdalen was not herself when you saw her on Wednesday, I feel tempted to stop here and give you an instance in proof of what I say.

The little circumstance happened on Wednesday night, just before we went up to our rooms.
"After we had packed our dresses and our birthday presents, our books and our music, we began to sort our letters, which had got confused from being placed on the table together.

Some of my letters were mixed with Magdalen's, and some of hers with mine.

Among these last I found a card, which had been given to my sister early in the year by an actor who managed an amateur theatrical performance in which she took a part.
The man had given her the card, containing his name and address, in the belief that she would be invited to many more amusements of the same kind, and in the hope that she would recommend him as a superintendent on future occasions.