Is now happy to _jump at a Wake_.

'We were all at the play last night to see Miss O'Neil in Isabella. I
do not think she was quite equal to my expectation. I fancy I want
something more than can be. Acting seldom satisfies me. I took two
pockethandkerchiefs, but had very little occasion for either. She is
an elegant creature, however, and hugs Mr. Young delightfully.'

'So, Miss B. is actually married, but I have never seen it in the
papers; and one may as well be single if the wedding is not to be in
print.'

Once, too, she took it into her head to write the following mock
panegyric on a young friend, who really was clever and handsome:--

1.

In measured verse I'll now rehearse
The charms of lovely Anna:
And, first, her mind is unconfined
Like any vast savannah.

2.

Ontario's lake may fitly speak
Her fancy's ample bound:
Its circuit may, on strict survey
Five hundred miles be found.

3.