At five o'clock Grace was busy at the tea-table; and very hot and
moist Sally threw herself into a cane chair. Maggie, who had suddenly
appeared upon the scene, arranged some fresh sets in which she and
Frank did not take part--she having promised to walk with him; and
they went towards the shade of the sycamores. She had neglected him
nearly the whole day, and he was vexed with her. But she excused
herself volubly, accusing Sally of indifference to all things except
her own pleasures, and impressed upon him that it was her duty to show
some politeness to Mrs. Horlock's friend.

"Sally would play tennis, she played two sets, three if I am not
mistaken, and she never left Jimmy's side. She took no notice of any
one; for that reason I hate having people to the house when she is
here; everything devolves upon Grace and me. It is really too bad.
Father wouldn't mind our giving this party at all, if it weren't for
him. If he hears that he was here, well, I don't know what will
happen."

"He doesn't look quite a gentleman, does he? He is a ship's mate,
isn't he?"

"Yes, but it isn't that; father cannot bear those Southdown Road
people. A lot of young men live there--quite as good as ourselves, no
doubt, but they are all so poor, and father thinks of nothing but
money. And Sally meets them. When she goes out driving in the cart she
picks them up, and they go off together. Father doesn't know any of
them, and he says they laugh at him when he goes to the station in the
morning. 'Tisn't true, it is only his imagination; but I can quite
well understand his feelings. You know Sally won't give way in
anything. Once she ran into the kitchen, and told cook to put back the