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Then the beetle stepped down into the rich mud, where sat three young-lady beetles, who tittered, because they did not know what to say. "None of them are engaged yet," said their mother, and the beetle maidens tittered again, this time quite in confusion. "I have never seen greater beauties, even in the royal stables," exclaimed the beetle, who was now resting himself.
Will our father, Mamma Vi, Elsie, and Ned come up presently and see what they think of our appearance in them?" "Of course we will," answered Violet. "I can speak for myself and the children, and have not a doubt of Captain Raymond's desire to see how well the dainty gowns become his young-lady daughters." "He hardly considers them young ladies yet, Mamma Vi," laughed Lulu.
Going one night to the old tavern to make terms with Silas for the use of his cherry orchard, for a party which included some of his college friends from Boston and his fine young-lady cousin from New York, and hearing the preposterous sum which Silas stated as final, he had turned on his heel with a strong word under his breath.
She also had brought some tiny parlor skates, and, withal, many airs and graces which her two young-lady aunties had taught her, among others a funny little new accent on some of her words, the word "pretty" in particular. And, last of all, she had been taught to dance! "And I can show you," Winnie said, eagerly, "'cause it goes by 'steps, and uncle says I take them as pr-i-tty as Cousin Lily."
Leibnitz found her of an almost troublesome sharpness of intellect; "wants to know the why even of the why," says Leibnitz. That is the way of female intellects when they are good; nothing equals their acuteness, and their rapidity is almost excessive. Samuel Johnson, too, had a young-lady friend once "with the acutest intellect I have ever known."
When the English poems were recited to him, he called out, "can't understand a word, but it seems good, very good." Now all this is very pleasant, or in young-lady parlance, very nice, and I wish, truly, I had nothing more to tell.
It looked more as if she were sowing to imperceptible furrows. Nan's eyes were very long-sighted, but this thing puzzled her altogether. She now certainly looked like a farmer's man scattering seed-corn. Singing Sal saw and recognised her young-lady friend at some distance, and seemed to moderate her gestures, though these did not quite cease. When she came up, Nan said to her,
'Hush! he said, in a low voice. 'She was very ill last night. I thought she would have broken her heart. She is dressed, and crying bitterly in her own room; but she's better, and quite quiet. That's everything! 'She is ready, is she? said Ralph. 'Quite ready, returned the father. 'And not likely to delay us by any young-lady weaknesses fainting, or so forth? said Ralph.
His thoughts must have been on something else than his young-lady acquaintances, nevertheless; for his next words were, "How I do wish Ham Morris would come home!" There was time enough for that, and Ham was hardly likely to be in a hurry.
With another line to wit, this one I pass over my affecting reunion that night at Calais with my eight young-lady charges; as also the details of our return to England's friendly shores, of our meeting with Miss Primleigh, of our immediate departure by steamer for our own dear land, and finally of our reception at Fernbridge, in which I was unable to participate in person by reason of the shattered state of my nerves.
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