13/18 I have never complained.' 'But, my dear, it is time that you should be settled in the world.' 'I am settled. I don't want any other settlement,--if they will only let me alone.' 'Marie,' said Madame Voss after a short pause, 'I sometimes think that you still have got George Voss in your head.' 'Is it that, Aunt Josey, that makes my uncle go on like this ?' asked Marie. When George was here, I hardly spoke to him. If Uncle Michel is afraid of me, I will give him my solemn promise never to marry any one without his permission.' 'George Voss will never come back for you,' said Madame Voss. |