"Now I trust you'll behave as well as you look." "What do you want us to do, Grandma ?" asked Marjorie.

"I mean to entertain the boys and girls." "Oh, nothing of that sort, child; the entertainment will be provided by a professional entertainer.

You have only to greet the guests properly, and that is all you need do." Marjorie did not know quite what a professional entertainer was, but it sounded interesting, and she was quite sure she could manage to greet the guests politely.
Although Marjorie's mother was in the room, she had little to say, for Grandma Maynard was accustomed to dominate everything in her own house.

And as her ideas were not entirely in accord with those of her daughter-in-law, the younger Mrs.Maynard thought it wise not to obtrude her own opinions.
Promptly at four o'clock the children began to come.

The Maynards stood in a group at one end of the long room, and as each guest arrived, a footman stationed at the doorway announced the name in a loud voice.