Lady Scroope and Lady Sophia would each have thought that it was wicked to do so.

But the two women had been fussy, and Miss Mellerby must have been less discerning than are young ladies generally, had she not understood what was expected of her.

Girls are undoubtedly better prepared to fall in love with men whom they have never seen, than are men with girls.

It is a girl's great business in life to love and to be loved.

Of some young men it may almost be said that it is their great business to avoid such a catastrophe.