I can't think how she does it, when she never by any chance goes into a shop.

Who can this be from, I wonder ?" "This" was the second little package.

It proved to contain a small volume bound in white and gold, entitled, "Advice to Brides." On the fly-leaf appeared this inscription:-- To Katherine Carr, on the occasion of her approaching bridal, from her affectionate teacher, MARIANNE NIPSON.
1 Timothy, ii.

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Clover at once ran to fetch her Testament that she might verify the quotation, and announced with a shriek of laughter that it was: "Let the women learn in silence with all subjection;" while Katy, much diverted, read extracts casually selected from the work, such as: "A wife should receive her husband's decree without cavil or question, remembering that the husband is the head of the wife, and that in all matters of dispute his opinion naturally and scripturally outweighs her own." Or: "'A soft answer turneth away wrath.' If your husband comes home fretted and impatient, do not answer him sharply, but soothe him with gentle words and caresses.

Strict attention to the minor details of domestic management will often avail to secure peace." And again: "Keep in mind the epitaph raised in honor of an exemplary wife of the last century,--'She never banged the door.' Qualify yourself for a similar testimonial." "Tanta never does bang doors," remarked Amy, who had come in as this last "elegant extract" was being read.
"No, that's true; she doesn't," said Clover.