In the mean time--' 'In the mean time,' interrupted Kate, with becoming pride and indignation, 'I am to be the scorn of my own sex, and the toy of the other; justly condemned by all women of right feeling, and despised by all honest and honourable men; sunken in my own esteem, and degraded in every eye that looks upon me.

No, not if I work my fingers to the bone, not if I am driven to the roughest and hardest labour.

Do not mistake me.

I will not disgrace your recommendation.

I will remain in the house in which it placed me, until I am entitled to leave it by the terms of my engagement; though, mind, I see these men no more.