16/21 She came up to me, claimed me as an acquaintance, stared me out of countenance; and talked and laughed till I did not know which way to look. I felt that I must be the jest of the room at the time, and Miss Crawford, it is plain, has heard the story." "And a very pretty story it is, and with more truth in it, I dare say, than does credit to Miss Anderson. Mothers certainly have not yet got quite the right way of managing their daughters. I do not know where the error lies. |