And to her surprise Dolly saw that Anna was blushing up to her ears, up to the curly black ringlets on her neck.
"Yes," Anna went on.
" Do you know why Kitty didn't come to dinner? She's jealous of me.
I have spoiled...I've been the cause of that ball being a torture to her instead of a pleasure.
But truly, truly, it's not my fault, or only my fault a little bit," she said, daintily drawling the words "a little bit.