'Don't be frightened,' she said.
"But I was frightened.

My ignorant imagination pictured some dreadful unknown power given to Mrs.Gallilee by the Will.

'What can my aunt do to me ?' I asked.
"Miss Minerva composed me--without concealing the truth.

'In her position, Carmina, and with her intensely cold and selfish nature, there is no fear of her attempting to reach her ends by violent means.
Your happiness may be in danger--and that prospect, God knows, is bad enough.' "When she talked of my happiness, I naturally thought of Ovid.

I asked if there was anything about him in the Will.
"It was no doubt a stupid thing to say at such a time; and it seemed to annoy her.