goes to an occasional party at the but at the opera and the theatre and at the small intimate parties of and her friends the darling of is not visible however she has s her little she knows the well and can talk about them which puts her quite on a level with them in the estimation of her own set she rules in the lower sphere if not in the higher and is in the way of promotion yes and if she be very rich and papa and mamma are at all or if they can be hushed up there is no knowing but miss will suddenly bloom upon world as mrs p s daughter in law wife of that gentlemanly young man mr naturally it pains me very much to be obliged to think so of the people with whom i associate but i suppose they are as good as any as says if i fly from a because he wears his hair long like a woman i must equally fly the frenchman because he his like a lunatic the story of jack is the of the world it is astonishing how intimate he is with our language and literature by the by that has been mean to send out to paris for the very silk that i relied upon as this summer s de and has just received it made up the worst of it is that it is just the thing for her she wore it at the ball the other night and expected to have crushed me in mine not she i have not it at new the papers port for � well for several years � for nothing and although i am rather beyond the strict white muslin age i thought i could yet venture a bold stroke so i arrayed a la � not too much and awaited the saw me across the room and came up with his peculiar smile he did not look at my dress but he said to me rather looking at my dear me i hardly hoped to see spring flowers so late in the summer then he raised his eyes to mine and i am conscious that i blushed it s very warm you feel very warm i am sure my dear miss he continued looking straight at my face you are sufficiently cool at least i think replied i � naturally said he for i ve been in the immediate vicinity of the pole for half an hour � a neighborhood jn which i am told even the most ardent spirits sometimes � so you must pardon me if i am more than usually dull miss and the beat time to the with his head i looked at the part of the room from which he s had just come and there sure enough in the midst of a group i saw the tall and stately and still he is a hardy continued who sails for the pole it is glittering enough but by daylight upon a coral is no pleasanter than by night upon have you been asked i suddenly he laughed softly no miss i am not one of the hardy i keep close in to the shore upon the slightest symptom of an agitated sea i my sails and creep into a safe harbor besides dear miss i prefer tropical to the voyage and the old wretch actually looked at my black hair i might have said something � his taste perhaps who knows � when i saw mrs she was splendidly dressed ill the silk and it s a pity she doesn t become a fine dress better she made for me directly dear i m so glad to see you why how young and fresh you look to night � really quite blooming and such a sweet pretty dress too and the darling baby waist and all � j the yes said that witty permit me miss � quite an upon my word you are too good replied i my dear it is your dress which deserves admiration and i flatter myself in saying so for it is the very of one i had made some months ago yes darling and which you have not yet worn replied she i said to mr p � mr p said i there are few women upon whose i can count as i can upon s and therefore i am going to have a dress like hers most women would be vexed about it and say things if i did so but if i have a friend it is and she will never grudge it to me for a moment it s pretty isn t it just look here at this and she showed me the very part of it and so much than mine that i can never wear it � am so glad you know me so well said i m delighted with the dress to be sure it s rather for your style but that s nothing just then a struck up come along give me this turn said and putting his arm round mrs s waist he whirled her off into the dance s how i did hope somebody would come to ask me nobody came you don t dance asked stood by daring my little talk with p oh yes answered i and the too looked on at the dancers a few minutes then turned to me and looking at my said it is astonishing how little taste there is for spring flowers at that moment young came in warm with the whirl of the dance with it s very warm said he in a gentlemanly manner dear me yes very warm said been long in no only a few days we always come after for a couple of weeks but isn t it delightful quite so said coolly and smiling at the idea of anybody s being enthusiastic 