It would be the worst fate that could befall me." "But it is not that that I spoke about," her mother equivocated.

"Have you thought about him?
He is so ineligible in every way, you know, and suppose he should come to love you ?" "But he does--already," she cried.
"It was to be expected," Mrs.Morse said gently.

"How could it be otherwise with any one who knew you ?" "Olney hates me!" she exclaimed passionately.

"And I hate Olney.

I feel always like a cat when he is around.