so he may be in a dark lantern sort of way but he is a stick if he had to say catch my soul but i do love her he would say it in just the same tone as here the second lesson oh said shocked at these allusions and it is very of you to speak so of him for he you very much i heard say one day to mamma is regularly upon she was very angry with him but i know what it means it is what they say at college for being in love how can i help it said rather contemptuously catch my soul if i love him no of course papa i think would not wish it and he is to go away soon but it makes me sorry when you ridicule him what shall you do to me when i ridicule said now dear you mil not t said her eyes filling with tears i could not bear it but there really is nothing in him to ridicule only you may find out things for no book i � the spoiled child one ever thought of laughing at mr before you every one said he was nice looking and his manners perfect i am sure i have always been frightened at him because of his learning and his square cut coat and his being a nephew of the bishop s and all that but you will not ridicule � promise me ended with a look which touched you are a dear little she said just touching the tip of s chin with her thumb and fore finger i don t ever want to do anything that will vex you especially if is to make everything come off � and and when at last was there the animation he brought into the life at and the and his ready in s plans left her no inclination for any ridicule that was not of an open and flattering kind such as he himself enjoyed he was a fine open hearted youth with a handsome face strongly resembling his father s and s but softer in expression than the one and larger in scale than the other a bright healthy loving nature enjoying ordinary innocent things so much that vice had no temptation for him and what he knew of it lay too entirely in the outer courts arid little visited daniel of his mind for him to think of it with great vicious habits were with him what some fellows did � stupid stuff which he liked to keep aloof from he returned s affection as fully as could be expected of a brother whose pleasures apart from her were more than the sum total of hers and he had never known a stronger love the cousins were continually together at the one house or the other � chiefly at where there was more freedom or rather where there was a more complete sway for and whatever she wished became a ruling purpose for the came off according to her plans and also some other little scenes not contemplated by her in which her acting was more it was at that the and were and presented mrs seeing no objection even to mr s being invited to share in them now that too was there � especially as his services were indispensable who was studying for india with a coach having no time to spare and being generally dismal under a of everything except the answers needed at the examination which might disclose the welfare of our indian book i � the spoiled child empire to be somehow connected with a knowledge of s mr was persuaded to play various grave parts having flattered him on his of countenance and at first a little pained and jealous at her with he presently drew encouragement from the thought that this sort of familiarity excluded any serious passion indeed he occasionally felt that her more formal treatment of himself was such a sign of favour as to warrant his making advances before he left though he had intended to keep his feelings in reserve until his position should be more assured miss quite aware that she was adored by this young clergyman with pale whiskers and square cut collar felt nothing more on the subject than that she had no objection to be adored she turned her eyes on him with calm and caused him many mildly hopes by seeming always to avoid dramatic contact with him � for all we know depend on the key of interpretation ome persons might have thought beforehand that a young man of having a sense of much exercised on small vol l g daniel things as well as rarely laughing save from politeness and in general regarding the mention of by their naked names as rather coarse would not have seen a fitting bride for himself in a girl who was daring in ridicule and showed none of the special grace required in the clergyman s wife or that a young man informed by reading would have reflected that he was not likely to meet the taste of a lively restless young lady like miss but are we always obliged to explain why the facts are not what some persons thought beforehand the apology lies on their side who had that way of thinking as for who would possibly have been sorry for poor if he had been aware of the excellent s inward conflict he was too completely absorbed in a first passion to have observation for any person or thing he did not observe he only felt what she said or did and the back of his head seemed to be a good organ of information as to whether she was in the room or out before the end of the first fortnight he was so deeply in love that it was impossible for him to think of 