“And then,” added little Eva, “we have tea.”
There was a faint look of satisfaction on Eva’s face as she said this.
“Eva thinks tea is the best part of all,” said Julia, the next sister, rather scornfully.
“Well,” said Susan, “I expect I should too, because I’m not fond of needlework. Unless,” she added, “the book was very interesting to listen to.”
“Sometimes it is,” said Julia, “and sometimes it isn’t. Are you fond of reading?”
“Some books,” answered Susan.
“If you belonged to the Reading Society,” put in Lucy, “you’d have to read an improving book for half an hour every day, and perhaps at the end of the year you’d get a prize.”
“I suppose you mean an uninteresting book like a lesson book,” said Susan. “I shouldn’t like that.”
“Well, of course, it mustn’t be a story-book,” said Julia.
“Would the Pilgrim’s Progress do?” asked Susan.