第7章 A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK (1)(2 / 3)

did not care for this half so much as for the flowers in the open air; but Lady Agnes had a more scientific taste, she expatiated on the rarity of this, and the mode of cultivation required by that plant, till Molly began to feel very tired, and then very faint.She was too shy to speak for some time; but at length, afraid of making a greater sensation if she began to cry, or if she fell against the stands of precious flowers, she caught at Miss Browning's hand, and gasped out, - 'May I go back, out into the garden? I can't breathe here!' 'Oh, yes, to be sure, love.I dare say it's hard understanding for you, love; but it's very fine and instructive, and a deal of Latin in it too.' She turned hastily round not to lose another word of Lady Agnes' lecture on orchids, and Molly turned back and passed out of the heated atmosphere.