Even Mrs.
Costello, who, in her youth, had had considerable practice in speaking French, found herself now and then at a loss; and as for Lucia, having only a sort of school-girl knowledge of the language, she instantly found her comprehension swept away in the flood of words poured upon her by every person she ventured to speak to.

"Never mind, I shall soon learn," she said in the most valiant manner; but, alas! for the present, she was almost helpless, and Mrs.Costello had to arrange, bargain, and interpret for both.
They wound up their day's business by a little shopping, which, like everything else, was new to Lucia.

The splendid shops, lighted up in the early dusk of the winter afternoon, were as different as anything could be from the stores at Cacouna.

A sudden desire to be possessed of a purse full of money, which she might empty in these enchanted palaces, was the immediate and natural effect of the occasion on the mind of such an unsophisticated visitor.

She became, indeed, so completely lost in admiration, that her mother made her small purchases without being able to obtain anything but the vaguest and most unsatisfactory opinions on such trifling affairs.
Mr.Wynter derived considerable amusement from watching his young cousin and future ward.