d she to Miss Incledon; "I am not much in the habit of
writing, even notes; and Pelby, who has not time to attend to it, says
that you write a very pretty hand. Here are pen and paper to make out
the list--I will give you the names. In the first place, there are all
the Goldsboroughs and Pendletons, and Longacres, and Van Pelts--"

"You forget," interrupted Miss Incledon, "that it is necessary to name
them individually."

"True, I had forgotten--I have so many things to think about.
Beginning with the Goldsboroughs--Mrs., Miss, and Mr.; then General
and Mrs. Pendleton, Miss Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. John, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry, and Mr. and Mrs. James Pendleton;" and so Mrs. Smith kept on in
continuous nomenclature for a considerable time. It was only as she
came down into the lower ranks of fashion, after a regular gradation,
that she hesitated for a moment--and then her pauses grew longer and
longer.

"Perhaps I can assist your memory, Cousin Sarah," said Miss Incledon;
"I have seen several of your acquaintances, and have heard of a good
many more; there is Mrs. Wills, with whom you were taking tea the
evening of my arrival."

"I have reflected upon that, and conclude that I shall not ask Mrs.
Wills," replied Mrs. Smith; "she is a plain person, and seldom goes to
parties, which I can make a sufficient excuse for leaving her out,
though, to be sure, she would come to mine, if I invited her; and to
prevent her from being offended, I shall send for her a few days after
to come socially to tea, with a few others of the same set. There
will, of course, be plenty of refreshments left, and it will,
therefore, be no additional expense."

"Then Mrs. Salisbury and her two daughters, who called yesterday."

"I believe not; they are not decidedly and exclusively of the first
circle, though, as you seemed to consider them, quite superior
women--very accomplished and agreeable. They have not much fortune,
however, and have no connections here. On the whole, I do not see that
any thing could be gained by inviting the Salisburys."

"I have not your neighbor, Mrs. Streeter down," observed Cousin
Sabina.

"No; I don't see the necessity for having Mrs. Streeter; she is a good
creature--very obliging when one needs a neighbor, in cases of
sickness, or the like, but would be far from ornamental. I can have an
excuse for omitting her in never having received an invitation from
her--she does not give parties. She will be very well satis