"I don't know," exclaimed I, keeping at her elbow, "whether it's more likeAlice or the interlocutor's conversation at a minstrel show."

"Hush!" she warned me, though we were already at a safe distance, anddid not speak again until we had reached the front walk. There shepaused, and I noted that she was trembling--and, no doubt correctly,judged her emotion to be that of consternation.