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.