MissEmmelinewroteasshewasdirected。Alonglistofnameswasthenputdown；therehadalreadybeenaprivatefamilymeetinguponthesubject，atwhich，aftermanyendeavoursofMrs。Hilsontounitethetwoadvantagesofextremeexclusiveism，andthelargestnumberofinvitationseverheardofatLongbridge，Mr。
Hubbardhaddecidedthematterbyinsistingthathisdaughtersshouldaskeverypersonwhohadeverbeenaguestattheirhousebefore，andallthosefromwhomtheythemselveshadacceptedinvitations。
“Don\'ttalktomeoffashionablepeople，andexclusivesandinclusives——Ichoosetohaveallmyoldneighbours，doyouhear，girls，andanyoneelseyouplease。“
Thiswastheonlypointuponwhichtheirfatherinsisted；andashelefttheexpenseofthearrangementsentirelytothemselves，theladiesthoughtitmostprudentnottoarguethematter。
Instead，therefore，ofaimingathavingtheirpartyveryselect，itwasnowagreedthatitshouldbeverygeneral。