It really was an intrusion, for he had at present a severe attack of the Abolition fever, and he could not talk upon any other subject.

This was often very disagreeable to Arthur and his friend, but still it became a frequent subject of their discussion, when Mr.Hubbard was present, and when they were alone.
In the mean time, the warm season was passing away, and Alice did not recover her strength as her friends wished.

No place in the country could have been more delightful than Exeter was at that season; but still it seemed necessary to have a change of scene.

September had come, and it was too late to make their arrangements to go to the North, and Alice added to this a great objection to so doing.

A distant relation of Mr.Weston, a very young girl, named Ellen Graham, had been sent for, in hopes that her lively society would have a good effect on Alice's unequal spirits; and after much deliberation it was determined that the family, with the exception of Miss Janet, should pass the winter in Washington.