"You would not understand if I told you. It is a German book."
"Is it very interesting?"
"Yes."
"I knew it was. I could see by your face; when you pull your brows together in that way, I always know you are ever so much interested."
"Well, I am," said Meredith smiling.
"Would it interest me?"
"I think, perhaps, it would."
"Ah, Ditto, don't you want to try? Read us some of it. What is it about?"
"It is a Mission Magazine."
"Missionary! Oh, then, we shouldn't like it," said Esther. "I don't believe we should."