“Have not the pearls been sent yet? Oh, dear, how vexatious!” exclaimed the young lady on entering the room, most elegantly dressed. She seated herself in an affected attitude on the sofa, with a very melancholy expression on her face, as she played with her feather-tipped fan.
“I do believe they are,” cried Charles, as a loud ring was heard at the outer bell.
DRESSED FOR THE BALL.
Clementina sprang up eagerly, and hurried to the door—so eagerly, so impatiently, that her little feet tripped, and she fell with some violence to the ground!
CHAPTER XIX.
DISAPPOINTMENT.
