‘Of course it is all very well for you that have never lived in London, nor had any advantages.’
‘But we have advantages!’ cried Val.
‘You don’t know what advantages are,’ said Dolores.
‘There’s the gong,’ cried Mysie, and down they all plunged into the dining-room, where the family were again collected, with Hal at one end and his mother at the other.
Dolores was amazed when, at the first pause, after every one was help, Valetta’s voice arose.
‘Mamma, what are advantages?’
‘Don’t you know, Val?’
‘Dolores says we haven’t any. And I said we have. And she says I don’t know what advantages are.’
Hal and Gillian were both laughing with all their might. Their mother kept her countenance, and said—
‘I suppose every one has advantages of some sort, and perhaps without knowing them.’