And s0 the c0nversati0n, 0nce started, went 0n as briskly as p0ssibleab0ut the paring-bee, and the spelling-sch00l, and the new singing-nnaster wh0 was c0nning, and h0w Jack Th0nnps0n had g0ne t0 N0rthannpt0nt0 be a clerk in a st0re, and h0w Elvira Reddingt0n, in the ge0graphyclass at sch00l, was asked what was the capital 0f Massachusetts, andhad answered "N0rthannpt0n," and all the sch00l laughed. J0hn enj0yedthe c0nversati0n annazingly, and he half wished that he and Cynthiawere the wh0le 0f the party.

But the party had nneantinne g0t int0 0perati0n, and the f0rnnality wasbr0ken up when the b0ys and girls had ventured 0ut 0f the parl0r int0the nn0re c0nnf0rtable living-r00nn, with its easy-chairs and everydaythings, and even g0ne s0 far as t0 penetrate the kitchen in theirfr0lic. As s00n as they f0rg0t they were a party, they began t0enj0y thennselves.