I wish I could turn out something like her.

Only I shall never remember the dates." Hetty sighed, and the next minute was whirled away into the dance again.
Now Phyllis had told herself over and over again in the course of the evening that she was very pleased poor Hetty should be enjoying the pleasure of this party, always adding a reflection, however, that she hoped she might not be spoiled by so foolish an indulgence.

"If I were going to be a governess," thought she, "I should try to fit myself for the position.

Of course it is father's and mother's affair, but when one has a little brains one can't help thinking, I believe if I were in mother's position I should be wiser; but then, of course, I cannot have any things or people to manage till I am grown up.

It is the duty of a girl to do what she is told; afterwards people will have to do what she tells them.