"What is the tableau ?" "Papa, you know the story of Priscilla ?" "I do not think I do.

What Priscilla ?" "Priscilla and John Alden.

It is in a book of engravings." "O!--the courtship of Miles Standish ?" "Miles Standish was his friend, papa." "Yes, I know now.

And are you Priscilla ?" "Yes, papa." "And who is Miles Standish ?" "O, nobody; he is not in the picture; it is John Alden." "I think I remember.

Who is John Alden, then ?" "Papa, they have put Alexander Fish in, because he has long curling hair; but I think Preston's hair would do a great deal better." "Preston is under some obligation to the others, I suppose, because he is manager.