Emmeline was no longer a child, and these pleasures interfered not with the attention her parents still wished her to bestow on the completion of her education.

With all the innocence and quiet of a young child she enjoyed the select parties given by her mother with the same zest, but with the poetic feelings of dawning youth.

She absolutely revelled in the Opera, and there her mother generally accompanied her once a week.

An artist might have found a pleasing study in the contemplation of that young, bright face, as she sat entranced, every sense absorbed in the music which she heard, the varying expression of her countenance reflecting every emotion acted before her.

At such moments the fond mother felt it to be impossible to deny the young enthusiast the rich treat these musical recreations afforded.