Anne Constance Smedley

“ V.—Maisie Price "SHE is making my whole life miserable!" said Anne, and she buried her face in the punt cushions, and wept profusely into them.
"It is a perfectly heavenly day, and the punt is in the prettiest, shadiest spot on the river. For goodness sake, sit up, and stop making a sillybilly silly of yourself!" ”

“ The attentions men pay to women are due far less to their attractiveness than to circumstance. For instance, while you were the most charming girl at hand, Arthur——"
"I never thought for one moment that Arthur was seriously in love," said Anne, with slightly flushed cheeks. "I should not have been half so happy and amused if he had been. You know I hate men to be seriously in love, they are so silly."
"Then what on earth have you been crying your eyes out for?" said Wisdom.
"I hate Maisie Price none the less, because I don't care twopence about Arthur," said Anne, viciously. ”

“ I shouldn't be surprised if she wouldn't teach you that perfectly ravishing way in which she does her hair, and she might give you the address of her dressmaker, with a little tact and persuasion. And even when you hated her, you couldn't help laughing at the quaint things she says. ”