"Not a thousand summers at Jane Selden's would make her so forget herself! Jacqueline in love with that damned Jacobin demagogue upstairs! Pshaw!" But the fear knocked on.
Jacqueline lifted her head.

"Be good to me, Uncle Dick! If I could love, if I could marry Mr.Cary, I would--I would indeed! But I cannot.

Please let me go!" "Not till I know more than I know now," said Colonel Churchill.

"If it's George Lee, Jacqueline, I'll not say a word, sorry as I am for Cary.

But if it's Will Allen, I'll see you dead before I give my consent! He's a spendthrift and a Republican!" "I care neither for Mr.Lee nor Mr.Allen," said Jacqueline, with a burning cheek.