First she showed utter amaze, then distinct disappointment, and then she lifted her head with a kind of haughty grace.

She would have addressed him then, had not Colonel Sampson come up.
"Papa, did you instruct Cousin George to discharge Russ ?" she asked.
"I sure didn't," declared the colonel, with a laugh.

"George took that upon his own hands." "Indeed! I'd like my cousin to understand that I'm my own mistress.

I've been accustomed to attending to my own affairs and shall continue doing so.

Russ, I'm sorry you've been treated this way.