"Isn't it true that poor Molly will be in hot water over her notes?"
"Hotter than hot—scalding, I should say," replied Hester.
"Now I am sure you are not in earnest," answered Molly.
"Oh, am I not? I never more fully and absolutely spoke the words of sober wisdom. May I ask if you attended a lecture to-day?"
"I listened to two of Miss Shaw's lectures—one on 'Moral Science,' which I did not understand."
"I should rather think not, poor chicken! What has a baby like you to do with moral science?"
"I didn't understand it a bit," answered Molly; "but afterward Miss Shaw lectured on Charles I., and what she said was quite splendidly interesting."
"So interesting that you enthused—n'est ce pas?"
"Please don't quiz me, Hester; I was deeply interested in that lecture."
"You took notes, of course?"