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"It's a credit to you, Mistress Caird, to hae feelings like them, and

you'll be supported dootless"

Jean Futtrit's pretty Baubie had not always behaved well; and Jean was

suspicious of all other young girls She had thought the worst of Maggie

at once, and she made Janet Caird feel herself to be a very e of her This idea satisfied

Janet's craving for praise and syan

to take credit for her prudence and propriety before she even entered upon

her new life

And circumstances in Pittenloch favored Janet; in a few days she had

received so arding her niece, that nothing could have induced her to reconsider her

conduct Every trifle also in Maggie's attitude testified against herself

She resented the constant conclaves of tea-drinking, gossiping women in

her house, and she was too honest-hearted to hide her disapproval from

them The result was, that backed by Janet Caird, they came still more

frequently, and were more and more offensive If she determined to make

the best of the matter, and remained with them, she was subjected to