Hugh may swear a little at first, but he'll get over it." "Hugh never swears," and Mrs.Worthington spoke up at once.
"He don't hey?
Maybe you've forgotten when he came home from Frankfort, that time he heard about my dress!" "I know he swore then; but he never has since, I'm sure, and I think he is better, gentler, more refined than he used to be, since--since--Adah came." A contemptuous "Pshaw!" came from 'Lina's lips.

"Say," she continued, "wouldn't you rather Adah were your child than me?
Then you'd be granny, you know." And a laugh came from 'Lina's lips.
Mrs.Worthington did not reply; and 'Lina proceeded to speak of Alice Johnson, asking for her family.

Were they aristocratic?
Were they the F.F.V.'s of Boston?
and so forth.
"Now let us talk a little about the thousand dollars.

What shall I do with it ?" 'Lina said, for already the money was beginning to burn in her hands.
"Redeem Rocket with half of it," Mrs.Worthington said, "and that will reconcile Hugh to Alice Johnson." "Do you think I've taken leave of my senses ?" 'Lina asked, with unaffected surprise.

"Buy Rocket for five hundred dollars! Indeed, I shall do no such thing.