"And, in view of so much coming dissipation, I feel constrained to retire and seek a little preparatory repose.

Good-morning, Miss Masters." "How hateful not to introduce him, Bell! And when he distinctly asked you to! How abominably mean of you! How selfish, how horrid! _I_ wouldn't have done so," broke out in an indignant chorus, as the gentleman walked off.
"Do you think I would be such a goose as to go shares in the handsomest man Joppa ever laid eyes on, so long as I can keep him to myself ?" said Bell, honestly.

"Fish for yourselves, girls.

The sea is open to all, and you may each land another as good." Phebe's lip curled very disdainfully.

What a fuss to make over a man, and how Bell had changed in the last few years! "Well, keep him, if you can, but I'll be even with you yet," said Amy, with an ominous smile.