I think Miss Leighton would have been very glad to have stayed on the bed, and tried to sleep away the hours that presented no amusement; but Charlotte Benson laughed at her so cruelly, that she began to dress at once, and said, she had not intended what she said, of course.
I was the first to be ready, and went down to the piazza.

The heat of the day was over and there was a soft, pleasant breeze.

We were to have tea at seven o'clock, and while I sat there, the bell rang.

The tutor came in from under the trees where he had been reading, looking rather pale after his long walk.
He bowed slightly as he passed me, and waited at the other end of the piazza, reading as he stood, till the others came down to the dining-room.

As we were seating ourselves he came in and took his place, with a bow to me and the others.