And what âge are you, my dear

Tes, I thank you.

Yes, but I put them back in your

work-box.

Mine; where did you find it? I hâve

been looking for it this half hour.

Hère is one, but it îs quite bent, 1 do

not think you will be able to use it.

Hère is some, take as much as you

want.

I must, I hâve mislaid mine.

1 thank you, it fits me very well

indeed .

Hère it is, Madam.

If you like, I can unpick it, and will try to finish it beforc we go out.

What is it for?

This cotton is too coarse ; hère is some

I just used myself, which is much

finer.

I am going to make a neck-Iace with

them formy little sister.

Mamma; she will also leach me to

mark and darn.

In France, but now she lives in

Scotland.

I cannot make them better, Madam, I

hâve already rubbed them out three

times.

I think it is the fiftieth exercise, on

the use of négatives.

In geography, we hâve to say the

rivers and mountains of France,

and in history the reign of Henry

the eighth.

«Mary Stuart's Good-Bye to France. »

Madam, I do not know it yet very well, allow me to read it over.

Madam, I do not know it either, I find

it so difficult.

I beg your pardon, Madam, 1 read

it over for more than an hour.

My sister is older than I, Madam, she

is nearly fifteen.

I am only twelve and a half, Madam.