"'She stooped to conquer,'" said Margaret.
And then followed any amount of youthful talk, and nursery tales from the family urchins. Mrs. Grey's extraordinary memory, where everything they ever said and did was stored up, together with some that, amid no little protest and fun, was warmly challenged.
CHAPTER V.
"I have always wondered," Laura proclaimed at the dinner-table that night, "how I came to be such a charming creature. But in the light of this morning's instructions, I perceive that it is through constant imitation of mamma."
Now as Laura was considered in every way unlike her mother, this sally called forth, as it was intended to do, numerous personalities.
"The resemblance is, indeed, astonishing," said Belle. "For instance, you are punctuality itself."
"Of course," said Laura.
"What unblushing effrontery!" cried Belle.