'You know you are all to come early,' said the former, 'I do not know
how we should manage without you. Rotherwood insists on having
everything the same day--poor people first, and gentry and farmers
altogether. Mamma does not like it, and I expect we shall be
dreadfully tired; but he says he will not have the honest poor men
put out for the fashionables; and you know we are all to dance with
everybody. But Jenny, who is this crossing the street? Look, you
have an eye for oddities.'
'Miss Fitchett, the subscription-hunter,' said Jane.
'She is actually coming to hunt us. I believe I have my purse. Oh!
Emily is to be the first victim.'
Miss Fitchett advanced to Emily, and saying that she believed she had
the honour to address Miss Mohun, began to tell her that her friend
having been prematurely informed of her small efforts, had with a
noble spirit of independence begged that the subscription might not
be continued, and that what had already been given might be returned,
and she rejoiced in this opportunity of making the explanation. But
Miss Fitchett could not bear to relinquish the five-pound note, and
added, that perhaps Miss Mohun might not object to apply her
subscription to some other object, the Dorcas Society for instance.
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