"Why, that girl made most awful faces at Mops, and talked to her just horrid! If she hadn't calmed down afterward we couldn't have played with her at all." "I've heard about that child," said Mrs.Maynard.

"She has most awful fits of temper, I'm told.

Mrs.Craig says that Hester will be as good and as sweet as a lamb for days,--and then she'll fly into a rage over some little thing.

I'm glad you children are not like that." "I'm glad, too," said King.

"We're not angels, but if we acted up like Hester did at first we couldn't live in the house with each other!" "Her mother is an actress," observed Marjorie.
"Oh, no, Midget, you're mistaken," said her mother.