[97] Blandˊ-ish-ments, artful caresses, soothing words.
[98] Masˊ-quer-adeˊ, an assemblage of persons for amusement in which masks are worn.
[99] Ab-stracˊ-tion, absence of mind.
[100] Orˊ-ches-tra, a place or gallery for musicians.
[101] Garˊ-ish, gaudy, showy.
[102] Ca-priˊ-cious-ness, freak, whimsicalness.
XIII.—LITTLE VICTORIES.
Remark.—In conversational pieces like the following, the manner of each speaker should be imitated, as in a dialogue.
1. “Oh, mother, now that I have lost my limb, I can never be a soldier or a sailor; I can never go round the world!” And Hugh burst into tears, now more really afflicted than he had ever been yet. His mother sat on the bed beside him, and wiped away his tears as they flowed, while he told her, as well as his sobs would let him, how long and how much he had reckoned on going round the world, and how little he cared for anything else in future; and now this was the very thing he should never be able to do!