But it is so hard to find an hour unoccupied, particularly with so many people in the house, whom I ought to entertain." "That is very true, unless you can make it a source of entertainment to them.

Miss Benson--is she not a German scholar?
She might like to join you." Then, I think, the clever Sophie's mind was illuminated, and the tutor's little scheme was revealed to her clear eye; she embraced it with effusion.

"An admirable idea," she said, "and the others, too, perhaps, would join us if you would not mind.

It would be one hour a day at least secure from _ennui:_ I shall have great cause to thank you, if we can arrange it.

For these girls get so tired of doing nothing; my mind is always on the strain to think of an amusement.