"We have a note of it; mamma writes all those things down in a little book!" "If you are laughed at, dear prince, at least it 's in company," said Mrs.Light, caressingly; and she took his arm, as if to resist his possible displacement under the shock of her daughter's sarcasm.

But the prince looked heavy-eyed toward Rowland and Roderick, to whom the young girl was turning, as if he had much rather his lot were cast with theirs.
"Is the villa inhabited ?" Christina asked, pointing to the vast melancholy structure which rises above the terrace.
"Not privately," said Roderick.

"It is occupied by a Jesuits' college, for little boys." "Can women go in ?" "I am afraid not." And Roderick began to laugh.

"Fancy the poor little devils looking up from their Latin declensions and seeing Miss Light standing there!" "I should like to see the poor little devils, with their rosy cheeks and their long black gowns, and when they were pretty, I should n't scruple to kiss them.

But if I can't have that amusement I must have some other.
We must not stand planted on this enchanting terrace as if we were stakes driven into the earth.