5/29 I wonder they ain't jealous." "Oh! they're such good people. Bless me, they'd never be jealous." "You are so much younger than they are, that I suppose she thinks you want more of her care." "Yes; that's it. You see she's fond of having a baby to nurse." "Tell me, Mr Gresham, what was it she was saying to you last night? It was all your fault; you would make me laugh so." "That's just what I said to her." "She was talking about me, then ?" "How on earth should she talk of any one else as long as you are here? What did she say ?" "She said you were very beautiful--" "Did she ?--how good of her!" "No; I forgot. |