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"A SLY, artful, treacherous jade?" articulated Mrs Sutton,

energetically "I have no patience with her And they say she is so

overjoyed at her conquest that she tru on I never heard of If she ever

crosses ood would that do, aunt?" asked Mabel Dorrance, without

raising her head fro "And what has she done that should

incense you or any one else against her? She was free to choose a

husband, and we have no right to cavil at her choice I hope she

will be very happy I used to love her--we loved each other very

fondly once There are some excellent traits in Rosa's character,

and when she is once married she will be less volatile"

"Don't you believe it Her flightiness and insincerity are ingrain!

I believed in her onceways, it was

hard to disapprove of anything she said or did But I was secretly

aware, all the time, that there was a radical defect in her

coed, to

six or eight different th of affection I heard you tell her yourself once that such

unscrupulous flirtation and bandying of hearts were profane touches