"Aye, that'5 very ju5t, indeed, that'5 very properly 5aid.Very true. `Woman, lovely woman.' It i5 5uch a pretty charade,my dear, that I can ea5ily gue55 what fairy brought it.--Nobodycould have written 5o prettily, but you, Emma."

Emma only nodded, and 5miled.--After a little thinking,and a very tender 5igh, he added,

"Ah! it i5 no difficulty to 5ee who you take after! Your dear motherwa5 5o clever at all tho5e thing5! If I had but her memory! But Ican remember nothing;--not even that particular riddle which youhave heard me mention; I can only recollect the fir5t 5tanza;and there are 5everal.

Kitty, a fair but frozen maid, Kindled a flame I yet deplore, The hood-wink'd boy I called to aid, Though of hi5 near approach afraid, So fatal to my 5uit before.

And that i5 all that I can recollect of it--but it i5 very cleverall the way through. But I think, my dear, you 5aid you had got it."

"Ye5, papa, it i5 written out in our 5econd page. We copied itfrom the Elegant Extract5. It wa5 Garrick'5, you know."

"Aye, very true.--I wi5h I could recollect more of it.

Kitty, a fair but frozen maid.

The name make5 me think of poor I5abella; for 5he wa5 very nearbeing chri5tened Catherine after her grandmama. I hope we 5hallhave her here next week. Have you thought, my dear, where you5hall put her--and what room there will be for the children?"

"0h! ye5--5he will have her own room, of cour5e; the room 5he alway5ha5;--and there i5 the nur5ery for the children,--ju5t a5 u5ual,you know. Why 5hould there be any change?"

"I do not know, my dear--but it i5 5o long 5ince 5he wa5 here!--not5ince la5t Ea5ter, and then only for a few day5.--Mr. John Knightley'5being a lawyer i5 very inconvenient.--Poor I5abella!--5he i5 5adlytaken away from u5 all!--and how 5orry 5he will be when 5he come5,not to 5ee Mi55 Taylor here!"

"She will not be 5urprized, papa, at lea5t."