"It takes me—oh, let me see!—about a week," said Margaret.
"Not longer? Why you must furnish all your friends with purses."
"But I seldom make them. This is only the second I have made with beads; one to learn by—and this other, to give to—somebody."
"To Mr. Grey!"
"You cannot be sure of that. It is a very good guess; but I have other friends. I might mean it for Mr. Warde."
"You glanced at Mr. Grey when you spoke of giving it away."
"Did I, indeed? You should not watch people."
"Is that a general rule? Or only applicable to the present company?"
Margaret laughed, and made no answer.
"Pray, has Mr. Warde begun to teach you Latin yet?" he asked.