it well, and very patiently.

"There," said Nora, when Ella had left the couch to go to her
sister,--"that is what I like. Didn't she look beautiful, Daisy?"

"Her dress looked beautiful--" said Daisy.

"Well, of course; and that made _her_ look beautiful. Daisy, I wish I
could have a nice part. I would like to be the queen in that fainting
picture."

"You are going to be in that picture."

"But, I mean, I would like to be the queen. She will have the best
dress, won't she?"

"I suppose she will be the most dressed," said Daisy.

"I don't want to be one of the women--I want to be the queen. Hamilton
Rush said I would be the best one for it, because she was a Jewess; and
I am the only one that has got black eyes and hair."

"But her eyes will not be seen," said Daisy. "She is fainting. When
people faint, they keep their eyes shut."

"Yes, but I am the only one that has got black hair. That will shew. Her
hair ought to be black."

"Why will not other hair do just as well?" said Daisy.