"
"And yet, how could it be managed otherwise? So many don't dine
till five or six, that one cannot begin before eight or nine; and
then it takes a long time to get into the spirit of the evening. It
is always more pleasant after supper than before."
"Well, I'm too tired to-night to reform the world in the matter of
dances or balls. What are you copying, Amy?"
"Only that little Spanish air you sing, 'Quien quiera.'"
"What are you copying it for?" asked Helen.
"Harry asked me to do it for him this morning at breakfast-time--for
Miss Richardson, he said."
"For Jane Richardson!" said Sophy, as if a new idea were receiving
strength in her mind.
"Do you think Harry means anything by his attention to her?" asked
Helen.
"Nay, I do not know anything more than you do; I can only observe
and conjecture. What do you think, Helen?"
"Harry always likes to be of consequence to the belle of the room.
If one girl is more admired than another, he likes to flutter about
her, and seem to be on intimate terms with her. That is his way,
and I have not noticed anything beyond that in his manner to Jane
Richardson.
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