And I said we have. And she says I
don't know what advantages are.'
Hal and Gillian were both laughing with all their might. Their mother
kept her countenance, and said--
'I suppose every one has advantages of some sort, and perhaps without
knowing them.'
'I'm sure I know,' cried Fergus.
'Well, what are they?' asked Harry.
'Having mamma!' cried the little boy.
'Hear, hear! That's right, Fergy man! Couldn't be better!' cried
Harry, and there was a general acclamation, which inspired gentle Mysie
with the fear that her motherless cousin might feel the contrast, and,
though against rules, she whispered--
'She will make you like one of us.'
'That wasn't what I meant,' returned Dolores, a little contemptuously.
'What did you mean?' said Mysie.
'Why, you've no classes, nor lectures, nor master, and only just a mere
daily governess.'
Dolores did not mean this to be heard beyond her neighbour, but Mysie
demanded--
'What, do you want to be doing lessons all day long?'
'No, but good governesses never are daily!'
'That's a pity,' said Gillian, turning round on her. 'Perhaps you
don't know that Miss Vincent has a First Class Cambridge Certificate in
everything, and is daily, because she likes to live with her mother.'
'I think,' added Lady Merrifield, with a smile, 'that Dolores has been
in the way of seeing more clever people, and getting superior teaching
of some kind, but we will do the best we can for her, and try not to
let her miss many advantages.
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