"She reads them all through," said Hugh,--"always, though she reads them very quick."
"Hum--I understand," said the old doctor with a humorous expression, going on with the list.
'March 3. 3 Hist. de France.'
"But you finish one of these volumes, I suppose, before you begin another; or do you dip into different parts of the same work at once?"
"O no, sir;--of course not!"
'Mar. 5. Modern Egyptians. L. E. K. Ap. 13.'
"What are these dates on the right as well as on the left?"
"Those on the right shew when I finished the volume."
"Well I wonder what you were cut out for?" said the doctor. "A Quaker!--you aren't a Quaker, are you?"
"No sir," said Fleda laughing.