6/42 Still they were very fond of her, I remember. Only she didn't let them show it much. Her manners were much stiffer than theirs. They said she was very countrified and simple--that she had been brought up quite alone by their old uncle, in a little country town--and hardly ever went away from home.' 'And Edward never saw her ?' inquired Mrs.Burgoyne, with a motion of the head towards Manisty. He was at Chicago just those days. |