"Oh, the chaplain's been off so long that he's forgotten how they once struggled for St. Anne's—"
"Or else he wants to hear the story that George wouldn't tell over the Madeira."
"Yes, I've listened to it fourteen times, but always with Jamaica to back it."
"There's Dorothy Mason and her mother."
"Egad, she's got on green again! 'Tis the only color that does not become her. Why—"
"Oh, doubtless young Thomas likes it."
"There he is—"
"With Caroline Harwood. Poor Dorry!"
"I'll go comfort her."
One of the young men left the group and joined the knot of ladies who stood talking at a little distance from the door.