Mother, don't laugh!" "It would be rather difficult, I own, " said Mrs. Lindsay, trying to straighten her face. "I'm afraid you made an unfortunate choice in your knight." "It's just as bad, " continued Sylvia, "if you pretend you're somebody out of a book yourself. So much depends upon other people. I was Rowena in Ivanhoe yesterday. I had to be rather haughty, because, you see.