He would have been glad to prevent Jacquelina from going to the lecture
upon the evening in question; but there was no reasonable excuse for
doing so. Everybody went to the lectures, which were very popular. Mrs.
Waugh made a point of being punctually present at every one. And she
took charge of Jacquelina, whenever the whim of the latter induced her
to go, which was as often as she secretly wished to "annoy Grim." And,
in fact, "to plague the Ogre" was her only motive in being present, for,
truth to tell, the elf cared very little either for the lecturer or his
subjects, and usually spent the whole evening in yawning behind her
pocket handkerchief. Upon this evening, however, the lecture fixed even
the flighty fancy of Jacquelina, as she sat upon the front seat between
Mrs. Waugh and Dr. Grimshaw.
Jacquelina was magnetized, and scarcely took her eyes from the speaker
during the whole of the discourse. Mrs. Waugh was also too much
interested to notice her companions. Grim was agonized. The result of
the whole of which was--that after they all got home, Dr. Grimshaw--to
use a common but graphic phrase--"put his foot down" upon the resolution
to prevent Jacquelina's future attendance at the lectures.
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