MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER--THE DUCHESS'S CARRIAGE--MRS.

O'CONNOR IS CURIOUS.
I was much discomfited.

My position was not a dignified one at the best, and in childhood such small shames seem too terrible ever to be outlived.

My great-grandmother laughed heartily, and Mrs.Buller, whose sense of humour was small, looked annoyed.
"What in the world are you doing here, Margery ?" she said.
I had little or no moral courage, and I had not been trained in high principles.

If I could have thought of a plausible lie, I fear I should have told it in my dilemma.