"I," said she, "see nothing whatever to laugh at in the Zenith Club, if you do." "Oh, Margaret, I don't!" cried Annie.
"To my mind, the Zenith Club is the one institution in this little place which tends to advancement and mental improvement." "Oh, Margaret, I think so too, you know I do," said Annie in a shocked voice.

"And my heart was almost broken because I had to miss that last meeting on account of grandmother's having such a severe cold." "The last meeting was not very much to miss," said Margaret, for Annie had again said the wrong thing.
Annie, however, went on eagerly and unconsciously.

She was only aware that she was being accused of disloyalty, or worse, of actually poking fun, when something toward which she felt the utmost respect and love and admiration was concerned.
"Margaret, you know," she cried, "you know how I feel toward the Zenith Club.

You must know what it means to me.

It really does take me out of my little narrow place in life as nothing else does.