The Fairy Godmothers. 53

Father poffefled a large eftate in the neighbour-
hood, and who had juft then come into the coun-
try for a few weeks. Aurora earneftly requefted
Hermione and her Mother to vifit her.

‘¢ T will do as you wifh,” faid Hermione, look-
ing rather grave; “ but really a vifit to Aurora
is a fort of {mall misfortune.”

“‘T hope you are not envious of her beauty,
Hermione? ‘Take care.”

‘¢ Nay, you are cruel, Mamma, now. I fhould
like to be handfome, but not at the expenfe of being
fo very dull in fpirits as poor Aurora often is. But
really, unlefs you have ever {pent an hour alone
with her, you can form no idea of how tired one
gets.”

“ ‘What of, Hermione? of her face ?”

* Oh no, not of her face ; it is charming, and
by the way you have juft put into my head how I
may efcape from being tired, even if I am left
alone with her for hours !”

“© Nay, now you really puzzle me, my dear; I
fuggefted nothing but looking at her face.”

“¢ Ah, but as fhe is really and truly fuch a model
of beauty, what do you think of offering to make
a likenefs of her, Mamma? It will delight her to
fit and be looked at, even by me, in the country,
and I fhall be fo much pleafed to have fuch a plea-
fant occupation. I am quite reconciled to the
idea of going.”

And a note was written, and defpatched accord-
ingly.