Of course I know that if I didn't wear my goggles I shouldn't be good for much." "Do you mean that Miss Saunt ought to sport such things ?" I exclaimed with more horror than I meant to show.
"I don't prescribe for her; I don't know that they're what she requires." "What's the matter with her eyes ?" I asked after a moment.
"I don't exactly know; but I heard from her mother years ago that even as a child they had had for a while to put her into spectacles and that though she hated them and had been in a fury of disgust, she would always have to be extremely careful.

I'm sure I hope she is!" I echoed the hope, but I remember well the impression this made upon me--my immediate pang of resentment, a disgust almost equal to Flora's own.

I felt as if a great rare sapphire had split in my hand..