I tried once--only to sing a simple little song.

When I found myself standing before all the company and saw rows of ladies and gentlemen waiting for me to begin, I was so frightened that Miss Ladd had to make an apology for me.

I didn't get over it for the rest of the day.

For the first time in my life, I had no appetite for my dinner.
Horrible!" said Cecilia, shuddering over the remembrance of it.

"I do assure you, I thought I was going to die." Perfectly unimpressed by this harrowing narrative, Francine turned her head lazily toward the house.