"Who is Miss Clark?" Sarah asked, feeling rather bewildered.
"Miss Clark! What! didn't Ma tell you about her?" ejaculated Miss Flossie, in surprise.
"No; Auntie never told me about her at all."
"Lor! There, that shows Ma herself don't think much of her! I'll tell Miss Clark, any way."
"Don't, don't!" Sarah cried, in an agony.
"Yes, I shall," the amiable Flossie returned, suddenly opening a door and dragging her cousin into the midst of a noisy crew, all squabbling round a tea-table. "Miss Clark, what d'you think? Ma actually never told Sarah a single word about you!"
"Well, my dear, never mind; perhaps Mrs. Stubbs didn't say very much about any of us."
"She didn't," put in Sarah hastily.
"I suppose this is Sarah?" Miss Clark went on.
"Yes," answered Flossie, adding, under her breath to Johnnie, "Stupid little thing!"