When it was poor she cried, 'Non, ce n'est pas comme ca,' and she came out from the doorway and showed them how to do it.

Her imitation was very good indeed, and excited much laughter.

This showed that Zilda had been waked into greater vivacity.

Six months before she could not have done so good a piece of acting.
Zilda's exhibition would go further than this.

Excited by success, she would climb the wood pile, large and heavy as she was, and, standing upon its edge, would flap her arms and flutter back in a frightened manner and brace herself to the leap, as Gilby had done.