Fred has been so familiar and homely the last two or three weeks, that they have come to look upon him as a future member of the family.

It has been 'Cousin Ethel' and 'Aunt Ruth' and even 'grandmother' and 'Cousin Fred,' and no objections have been made to the use of such personal terms.

I think your father hopes for a closer tie between you and Fred Mostyn than cousinship." "Whatever might have been is over.

Do you imagine I could consent to be the secondary deity, to come after Dora--Dora of all the girls I have ever known?
The idea is an insult to my heart and my intelligence.
Nothing on earth could make me submit to such an indignity." "I do not suppose, Ethel, that any wife is the first object of her husband's love." "At least they tell her she is so, swear it an inch deep; and no woman is fool enough to look beyond that oath, but when she is sure that she is a second best! AH! That is not a position I will ever take in any man's heart knowingly." "Of course, Fred Mostyn will have to marry." "Of course, he will make a duty of the event.

The line of Mostyns must be continued.