She impatiently made a sign.

The sign was understood.
"I might have been mistaken," the maid repeated--"but I thought Miss Westerfield was crying." Having replied in those terms, she seemed to be anxious to get away.

The parasol caught her eye.

"Miss Kitty wants this," she said, "and wonders why you have not gone back to her in the garden.

May I take the parasol ?" "Take it." The tone of the mistress's voice was completely changed.