"Beatrice Lee."
[CHAPTER X]
A BROKEN SIDEWALK
“Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
Or doesn’t he care for public opinion
A JOT?
The Akond of Swat.”
MISS BILLY entered the study with an agitated whirl of ribbons and hair. Her hat was off, her face flushed, and every curl stood on end.
"What do you think I have discovered?" she said in indignant tones.
Beatrice looked up calmly from her mother's chair. Mr. and Mrs. Lee were spending the day away from home, and the elder daughter responded to the question with a little air of authority that was particularly exasperating to Miss Billy in her present mood: