The things we do!

"Indeed?" returned Mary with elevated eyebrows, and a rising
inflection on the last syllable of the word. It was now her turn for a
little surprise. "Well, we'll try to find some way to surprise you one
of these days;" and the time came when she was full of surprises for
him. Mary continued: "But let us not talk about the other day. Of what
use are 'other days,' anyway? Before the evening is over, Master
Brandon, we want you to give us another sermon," and she laughed,
setting off three other laughs as hearty and sincere as if she had
uttered the rarest witticism on earth.
The princess had told Jane and Jane had told me of the "Sermon in the
Park," as Mary called it.
"Jane needs it as much as I," said the princess.
"I can't believe that," responded Brandon, looking at Jane with a
softening glance quite too admiring and commendatory to suit me; for I
was a jealous little devil.
The eyebrows went up again.
"Oh! you think she doesn't? Well, in truth, Master Brandon, there is
one failing that can not be laid at your door; you are no flatterer.


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