Dorothy assured her that she didn't know what fun was till she came to America, and Mildred cried: 'Oh, do come! We'll give you the time of your life!' Helen declared that she hoped some day to experience this climax.
Before going to bed, and attired in her dressing-gown, Althea went to Helen's room to ask her how she felt, but also to see what impression her relatives had made.

Helen was languidly brushing her hair, and Althea took the brush from her and brushed it for her.
'Isn't it lamentable,' she said, 'that Aunt Julia, who is full of a certain sort of wise perception about other things, doesn't seem to see at all how bad the children's manners are.

She lets them monopolise everybody's attention with the utmost complacency.' Helen, while her hair was being brushed, put out her hand for her watch and was winding it.

'Have they bad manners ?' she said.

'But they are nice girls.' 'Yes, they are nice.