Phyl, with As
You Like It, put me much in mind of myself with that.'
Claude talked in this manner, while Lily, listening with a smile,
prepared her work. He read, and she listened. It was such a treat
as she had not enjoyed for a long time, for she had begun to think
that all her pleasant reading days were past. Her work prospered,
and her face was bright when her sisters came home.
But, alas! Emily was not pleased with her performance; she said that
she intended something quite different, and by manner, rather than by
words, indicated that she should not be satisfied unless Lily
completely altered it. It was to be worn at the castle the next
evening, and Lily knew she should have no time for it in the course
of the day. Accordingly, at half-past twelve, as Claude was going up
to bed, he saw a light under his sister's door, and knocked to ask
the cause. Lily was still at work upon the trimming, and very angry
he was, particularly when she begged him to take care not to disturb
Emily. At last, by threatening to awake her, for the express purpose
of giving her a scolding, he made Lily promise to go to bed
immediately, a promise which she, poor weary creature, was very glad
to make.
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