the door these ladies were all of them so that they would not speak in company and and n had to do all the talking for them but they used to make the talked and this did just as well they used to say just such things as the ladies did who called on mrs green and and i never left without being urged to stay longer and also to call again which they always promised to do on the whole they were very wonderful at least they were until lady jane came and she was such a fine lady with her white silk dress and her real hair that none of them could shine after that lend and i ii one day lee came � to see i green and to spend the afternoon with her it was in the month of november and the weather was too cold to permit them to play in the garden so they said they would have a good time in the house green had to go away and i and could not play with them was very sorry for this for she not only to have her sister with her but she also wanted the company of lady jane she told how sorry she was and they agreed that it was too bad e ty had to go away for she was older than they and could help them a great deal in their plays besides they wanted j and i one fine among the for they had a certain play which required just such a person y i wish i had brought miss with me i guess she is fine enough said i wish you had but as you have not we can t help it now i dare say miss will do i ll teu you what you can do s and i � what you can just ask to lend you her we won t hurt her a you know we wiu use just as if she were made of glass did not know what to say she did not like to ask to let her play with lady jane for she knew how her sister was of her fine lady and she did not like to t ll her thoughts and i lest she should think her sister was selfish she did not like to have any one think hard of her sister we must have lady jane i don t see how we can get along without her added a little puzzled by the silence of n i don t like to ask said s at last why not she will let you have her of course she and i will let you have her added warmly i don t think she will you know we might break her neck or lose off her legs or arms or we might dirty her white silk di ess but we will be very careful let us go and ask her it won t do any harm to ask her you know she can t do any more than refuse i did not like to be and i refused and she tried to prevent from going any farther in the matter she was sorry to have it appear that her sister was selfish and she thought more of this than she did of being said so much that at last she thought might let her have the and they ran down stairs to the sitting room to have the matter settled and i will you lend us your asked and the tones of her voice showed how doubtful she was of the result of the question what do you mean asked your wax � lady jane i am very sure i shall not replied we will be very careful of her added we won t and i t let her be hurt a bit � you may depend on that i m not going to let you have my to break and spoil � i m sure i shall not said who even seemed to be angry because she was asked but don t i say we won t hurt it a bit continued and when you come over to my house you shall have my just as long as and i you want her and her house too and all the chairs and tables and things i don t want them do please to let us have lady jane i we want her ever so much and i know she won t get broken or dirty please to lend her to us i shan t do any such thing j so it s no use to me why don t you play with your and i own i won t lend lady jane � that s flat felt so bad she could not help crying � not because she could not have the doll but because her sister was so harsh and unkind she would not have cared so much if had not been there for she did not like to have her see her sister behave in this manner poor wanted to cry and i too when she saw how badly is felt but she tried to be brave and placed her arm round her friend s neck as if to let her know that she would be kind to her come let s go up stairs again we won t any thing more about it said and she led her out of the room i ow you won t like after this replied is and i i wiu would have lent us the only aunt jane gave it to her and she is afraid it will be broken if it hadn t been for this she would have lent us lady jane � i know she would added i wiping away her tears i dare say she would but we won t think any thing more about 