The things we do!

As
for Captain Hoby, it was easy to see how he was affected towards Miss
Rosalind's music and person.
And indeed few things could be pleasanter than to watch the behaviour of
this pretty little maid with her Uncle James and his old chum the
Colonel. The latter was soon as fond of her as James Binnie himself,
whose face used to lighten with pleasure whenever it turned towards hers.
She seemed to divine his wants, as she would trip across the room to
fulfil them. She skipped into the carriage and covered his feet with a
shawl. James was lazy and chilly now, when he took his drive. She sate
opposite to him and smiled on him; and, if he dozed, quick, another
handkerchief was round his neck. I do not know whether she understood his
jokes, but she saluted them always with a sweet kind smile. How she
kissed him, and how delighted she was if he bought her a bouquet for her
ball that night! One day, upon occasion of one of these balls, James and
Thomas, those two old boys, absolutely came into Mrs.


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