"William, shall I help you to a little chicken?"

"O no, Anne, you have forgot, help the _ladies_ first; and
beside, you ought to have placed me at the bottom of the table to
carve this dish. What is it?"

"Beef, William."

"O beef, very well. Come, Miss Frances, let me sit there, and you
come to the side of the table."

In haste to begin the eating part of the play, she rose immediately
to change places, when, to her disgrace, a quantity of crumbs, which
had lodged unobserved in a fold of her frock, fell out, and
disordered the neatness of the table.

"There!" said William, "we have no question to ask who took the
liberty to lessen the dishes."

"For shame, William, I--"

"O Frances, take care what you say, tell no falsehoods; I will tell
one truth, and say you are a greedy girl."

Frances began to cry again, "For shame, William, to call me names."

"I call no names, I only say what I think, and how can I help it,
when it is only just now you cried so, because you said mamma had
given me a larger piece of cake than yourself; for you must know," he