And we have got a pony for you to ride on, and a peacock and guinea fowls, and I don't know what all.

Come, madam, let me persuade you.

School begins in three weeks.

Let us fix a day before then." "Do mamma," said Edward.
"I am not in spirits for visiting," Mrs.Browne answered.

But the quick children detected a hesitation in her manner of saying the oft spoken words, and had hopes, if only Mr.Buxton would persevere in his invitation.
"Your not visiting is the very reason why you are not in spirits.