You looked as if you had on a pair of tight boots." "Ah, my child, you 'll not understand that!" cried Mrs.Light.

"You never yet had a pair that were small enough." "It 's a pity, Mr.Hudson," said Christina, gravely, "that you could not have introduced my feet into the bust.

But we can hang a pair of slippers round the neck!" "I nevertheless like your statues, Roderick," Rowland rejoined, "better than your jokes.

This is admirable.

Miss Light, you may be proud!" "Thank you, Mr.Mallet, for the permission," rejoined the young girl.
"I am dying to see it in the marble, with a red velvet screen behind it," said Mrs.Light.
"Placed there under the Sassoferrato!" Christina went on.