A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD BY Fissing ELIZABETH M. SEWELL 'I have chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments have I laid. PSALM CXIX. 39 NEW EDITION LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1886 013 Allen 1.3.5 A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD. CHAPTER 1. 'DON'T, Juliet; just see what a stroke you have forced me to make; and I asked you to draw at the other table.' 'And I told you I couldn't see there. What does the stroke signify? Mr. Brownlow never scolds.' 'But, Juliet, I must have it right; I can't bear an untidy drawing.' 'Then, if you please, Annette, it is time you should learn to bear it. There is Myra, who never finished a drawing decently in her life, and is quite happy without it.' The assertion was made at random, at least if it was permitted to judge from Myra's countenance. She was at that moment seated before a writing-desk, one hand supporting her head, the other playing idly with a pen, whilst her face was so expressive of anything but happiness, that even Annette forgot her annoyance at the false stroke, and joined in Juliet's laugh at her sister's despairing attitude, as she pored over her German exercise. 'I don't see why you are to laugh,' exclaimed Myra, and she turned round petulantly; 'you have neither of you begun German yet; when you have, see if you won't feel just the same.' 'It is not feeling, but looking,' said Juliet. 'If I were going to be hung, I wouldn't look so crestfallen.' 'Wait till you are tried,' was the retort, as Myra gave a push to her writing-desk, which nearly upset the ink. Juliet rushed to the rescue of the German exercise-book. A |