be a lesson to you the more i see of you answered with a serious little air the i am of yon i understand you better you are r an experiment not at all like what i thought you at but i don t know that there s much to understand in me there is a great deal to understand in you she replied you are a puzzle to me often you seem so frank and yet one knows so little about you after all for instance went on who would imagine that you are so affectionate am i affectionate she asked yes answered i am sure you are very affectionate i have found it out gradually you would suffer things for any one you loved thought the matter over yes she said at length i would you are very fond of miss proceeded as if her at the bar of justice you are fond of your father and i am sure there are other people you are very fond of � fond of indeed pondered seriously again yes there are she remarked but no one would about them here and so i m not going to make a fuss you t a to make a fuss people yon you don t said yoa are like francis in one way but you are altogether different in another francis does not to show emotion and he is so determined to hedge himself around that one can t help suspecting that he is always guarding himself against one he seems always to be any interference but you do not appear to care at all and it is not natural that one should suspect you i did not suspect you � � what do you suspect me of now � f a great deal answered affectionately and of being very clever and very good was silent for a few moments � i think she said after the pause � i think you ll find out that it s a mistake no i shall not returned quite glowing with enthusiasm and i know i shall learn a great deal from you this was such a startling proposition that uncomfortable flushed rosy red l vm one ought to learn i think she said i m always doing things that frighten aunt and know how the rest regard me said very in deed suppose we try to help each other if you will tell me when i am wrong i will try to � to have the courage to tell yon that will be good practice for me what i want most is courage and frankness and i am sur it will take courage to make up my mind to tell you of your � of your mistakes regarded her with mingled admiration and respect i think that s a splendid idea she said � � are you sure faltered are you sure you won t mind the things i may hate to say really they are quite little things in themselves � hardly worth mentioning tell me one of them right now said point blank oh no i starting � � i d rather just now well commented that sounds as if they be pretty unpleasant why a fair don t you want to they will be quite m bad to morrow and to refuse to tell me one is a bad beginning it looks as if you were frightened and it isn t good practice for you to be frightened at such a little thing felt convicted she made an effort to regain her composure no it is not she said but tliat is always the way i am continually telling myself that i mil be courageous and candid and the first time any thing happens i fail i tell you one thing she stopped short here and looked at it is something � i think i would do if � if i were in your place stammered a very little thing indeed well remarked anxiously her breath caught it again and proceeded cautiously and with at her own daring if i were in your place she said i think � that perhaps � only perhaps you know � i would not wear � my hair � quite � o low over my forehead an sprang from her seat and ran to the pier glass over the mantle she glanced at the reflection of her own startled pretty � and then putting her hand up to the soft bang which met her brows turned to isn t it becoming she asked oh yes i answered very started then why wouldn t you wear it she cried what do you mean felt her position truly a delicate one she locked her hands and herself but she blushed vividly it sound rather silly when i tell you why she said but i really do think it is a sort of reason you know in those absurd pictures of always seem to be the principal feature i saw some in the shop windows when i went to with and they were such dreadful women � some of them � and had so very few clothes on that i can t help thinking i shouldn t like to look like them and � t a does it make me look like them ob very little i answered � � i indeed of course but � but it a the same thing after all put in that s what you mean it is so very little faltered that � that perhaps it isn t a reason looked at herself in the glass again it isn t a very good reason she remarked but i suppose it will do she paused and looked in the oe i don t think that s a little thing she to be told you like an i did not mean to say so cried filled with the most distress i beg your pardon indeed 