Being what we were, we called ourselves a "set," and we had a "lovely" time, as people who passed us on Broadway could not fail to see.

And hear.

For we were at the giggling age, and Broadway on Saturday night was full of giggles for us.

We stayed out till all hours, too; for Arlington Street had no strict domestic programme, not even in the nursery, the inmates of which were as likely to be found in the gutter as in their cots, at any time this side of one o'clock in the morning.
There was an element in my enjoyment that was yielded neither by the sights, the adventures, nor the chewing-candy.

I had a keen feeling for the sociability of the crowd.