together mr was indeed most agreeably his expressive little beamed with delight what a very charming person miss is he exclaimed after they had left the gate what a very charming person indeed very charming said mr with much seriousness a prettier young person i certainly have never seen and those wonderful gowns of hers � oh interrupted mr with natural confusion i � referred to miss though really what you say is very true miss � indeed � i think � in fact miss is quite one might almost say even more charming than her aunt yes admitted mr perhaps one might she is less ripe it i true but that is an objection time will remove there is such a delightful in her manner said mr such an frankness i such a � a � such spirit i it quite carries me away with it � quite he walked a few steps thinking over this delightful and frankness and then burst out afresh � and what a remarkable life she has had too i she actually told me that once in her childhood she lived for months in a camp � the only woman there she says the men were kind to her and made a pet of her she has known the most extraordinary people in the mean time francis returned to lady s safe keeping having done so he made his and left the two to themselves her was it must be confessed a little at a to explain to herself what she saw or fancied she saw in the manner and appearance of her young relative she was persuaded that she had never seen look as she looked this afternoon she had a brighter color in her cheeks than usual her pretty figure seemed more erect her eyes had a spirit in them which was quite new she had x a and laughed with francis she the house and after departure she moved to and fro with a � re not habitual to her he has been making himself agreeable to her said my lady with grim pleasure he can do it if he chooses and he is just the man to please a girl good looking and with a fine air how did you enjoy yourself asked very much said never more thank you oh ejaculated my lady and which of her smart new york gowns did miss wear they were at the dinner table and instead of looking down at her soup looked quietly and steadily across the table at her grandmother she wore a very pretty one she said it was pale color and fitted her like a glove she made me feel very old fashioned and badly dressed lady laid down her spoon sh made you feel old fashioned and badly dressed � ye responded he always does i wonder what she thinks of tht things we wear in and she even went to the length of smiling a little what he thinks of what is worn in lady ejaculated may i ask what weight the opinion of a young woman from america � from � is supposed to have in slow bridge took a of soup in a leisurely manner i don t think it is supposed to have any but � but i don t think she minds that i feel as if i shouldn t if i were in her i have thought her very lucky you have thought her lucky cried my lady you have envied a young woman who dresses like an and loads herself with jewels like a a girl whose conduct toward men is of a character to � to chill one s blood they admire her said simply more than they admire and than they admire me do you admire her demanded my lady a fair yes replied i think i do never had my lady been so as m her life for a moment she could scarcely speak when she recovered herself pointed to the door go to your room she commanded this is american freedom of speech i sup pose go to your room rose she could not help wondering what her s course would be if she had the to disregard her order she really looked quite capable of carrying it out forcibly herself when the girl stood at her bedroom window a few minutes later her cheeks were burning and her hands trembling i am afraid it was very badly done she said to herself i am sure it was but � but it will be a kind of practice i was in such a hurry to try if i were equal to it that i didn t seem to balance things quite rightly i ought to have waited until i had more reason to speak out perhaps there wasn t enough reason then and i was more than i ought to have been ia advantages never i wonder if i was at all i don t think ever means to be i felt a little as if i meant to be i must learn to balance myself and only be cool and frank then she looked out of the window and reflected a little i was not so very brave after all she said rather reluctantly i didn t tell her mr was there i t have done that i am afraid i am sly � th t sounds sly i am sun m a b m am aj chapter contrast j bald will put ft stop to it � the general it will certainly not again this was � aid upon the evening of the first gathering upon miss s grass and at the same time it was that mr francis would soon go away but neither of the proved true mr francis did not return to london and strange to say was seen again and again playing with and was even known to spend evenings with 