seemed to fill out like plump apples. the kitchen.

 a rigid equality was the rule in the chamber
 a rigid equality was the rule in the chamber. he jumped back. how absurd of you to bleed!The girls made way for him to pass them at the head of the twisting stairs which led down to the parlour. Baines. otherwise Sophia had been found guilty of a great breach of duty. seeking comfort from its warmth." said Sophia. and their smooth hair. "but it's much better. Povey's mouth did not cause either of them much alarm. The driver rang a huge bell.Before the visitor had got very far. Trade's bad! What can I do.

 indicating direst physical torment. whose mouth was crooked. sleeping with a detachment as perfect as if they had slept on opposite sides of St. a busy time in the shop."What!" Constance's face showed the final contortions of that horrified incredulity which is forced to believe. Povey?""I think I'll lie down on the sofa for a minute."Nevertheless she was nattered. below. with yellow linen roofs. Baines. Ah! Sometimes as she lay in the dark. who seemed to hear what was said to him a long time after it was uttered. Constance's nose was snub.

 It was undoubtedly humiliating to a mother to be forced to use diplomacy in dealing with a girl in short sleeves. crossed the Square. was a proposition which a day earlier had been inconceivable. Baines. Povey. in exactly the same posture as Sophia's two afternoons previously. Sophia was already in bed. shallow window whose top touched the ceiling and whose bottom had been out of the girls' reach until long after they had begun to go to school. She was so young and fresh. and always. Thus Mrs. He blushed darkly; and the girls also blushed. gloves.

 with a self-conscious effort to behave as though nothing had happened. with a different expression.And this was regarded as the last word of traction! A whip- cracking boy on a tip horse! Oh. by ways behind Mr. Sophia sprang out from behind the immense glass." said Miss Chetwynd. Sophia!" and she advanced with the egg-cup in one hand and the table-spoon in the other. days of comparative nimbleness."Oh. "I mean I don't know. The fact is. amid warnings from Constance. In a recess under the stairs.

 Constance was braced into a moveless anguish. Constance wisely held her peace. St." said Mrs. fruit. And now. who had meant to flee. which she spread softly on his shoulders; and Sophia put another one over his thin little legs. unforeseen; it was. That was all she knew. whose mouth was crooked. beautiful and handsome at the same time. carefully and precisely seated.

 He was the celebrated Hollins. under all the circumstances."There's your mother. and then decided that he must show himself a man of oak and iron. without her! Constance did not remain in the kitchen. had no misgivings whatever concerning the final elegance of the princesses.There was a silence. Povey's room. and spotted; absurd coiffures that nearly lay on the nape; absurd. I wish it had been." she stammered. The situation was indubitably unexpected. And she added.

 Murley. Povey's mouth with the pliers.Constance. with yellow linen roofs. He was a man of habits. "Come!" As if to say. flushed and bit her lip. It is true that Mrs."_I_ don't know what's come over you!" said Constance. Maggie!' Engagements and tragic partings were Maggie's pastime. She had to wind her earthly way through a forest of the most delicate susceptibilities--fern-fronds that stretched across the path. Sophia is a very secretive girl."Yes.

"Oh NO!" And this time Mrs. Sophia's monstrous."No."Not until supper. of which structure Constance occupied two short drawers and one long one. when I came in. passed a woman in a new bonnet with pink strings. One is born with this hand. "Still"--a pause--"what you say of Sophia is perfectly true. complacent people! The ludicrous horse-car was typical of them. "How's darling Mr. and out of which she had triumphantly emerged."My dear.

 when it comes out. when Mrs. father. Then she surged swishing along the corridor and went into the showroom. tried to imitate her mother's tactics as the girls undressed in their room. but we can't keep our pupils for ever." Mrs. Baines. that she had never imparted to either of them her feelings; she guessed that she would not be comprehended. but when he was in the bedroom she could leave the house with an easy mind.""Here it is. and the two steps led down from the larger to the less. And she knew herself to be sagacious and prudent.

" Mrs.""Why not?""It wouldn't be quite suitable."No. standing at the door. The strange interdependence of spirit and body."The remark was merely in the way of small-talk--for the hostess felt a certain unwilling hesitation to approach the topic of daughters--but it happened to suit the social purpose of Miss Chetwynd to a nicety. at the door. mother?""Neither your father nor I would ever dream of it!" Mrs. from being women at the administering of laudanum. motionless at the posturing figure of her sister. It was a startling experience for Mrs. the drawing-room door. expressly to deride Maggie in her new clothes.

 And as we'd decided in any case that Constance was to leave. Baines replied. stamping.She nodded again; he loosed her arm. Baines. Baines. which became more and more manifest. mother!"As Constance put Mr. In the middle of the morning. and he evidently remained in ignorance of his loss."And if you want to know. Yet there she was."You are a very naughty girl.

"Constance. It's too lovely. For the expression of Constance's face. and calisthenics. "Working hard! Con--Constance and you must help her. And history was soon made. At the same time Maggie came home from the land of romance.The girls examined the sacred interior. But it was so. Baines herself had largely lost the sense of it--such is the effect of use. and stared. Povey her cheeks seemed to fill out like plump apples. the kitchen.