Hazleby, that he
charmed her with his attention, gave her no time to say anything
about Fido, and left Anne much surprised that she had never found out
that he was laughing at her. At dinner, the grouse he had brought
came to their aid; Mrs. Hazleby was delighted to taste a blackcock
once more, and was full of reminiscences of Inchlitherock; and by
means of these recollections, and Rupert's newly imported histories,
Sir Edward and Mr. Woodbourne contrived to make the conversation more
entertaining than Elizabeth thought it ever could be in any party in
which Mrs. Hazleby was present.
Afterwards in the drawing-room, Dora's bulrushes and the other
children's purchases were duly admired, and the little people, being
rather fatigued, were early sent to bed, although Edward vehemently
insisted, with his eyes half shut, that he was not in the least
sleepy. The elder girls then arranged themselves round the table.
Helen was working a bunch of roses of different colours; Anne admired
it very much, but critics were not wanting to this, as to every other
performance of Helen's.
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