12/16 I had different stuff in me from that of common girls, and in time the boys were glad to let me alone." "Are your brothers living ?" asked Mrs.Emerson. One resides in New York, and the other in Boston. One is a merchant, the other a physician." "How was it as you grew older ?" "About the same. They are like nearly all men--despisers of woman's intellect." Irene sighed, and, letting her eyes fall to the floor, sat lost in thought for some moments. The suggestions of her friend were not producing agreeable states of mind. |