He is not like the other young men in Upham," protested Lucina, with a quick rise of spirit.
"Well, I used to hear your grandfather say that there are those who can suit their steps to any gait," her aunt said.

"I understand that he is a very good young man.

We will have him and--" "I think his sister," said Lucina; "she is such a pretty girl--the prettiest girl in the village, and it will please her so to be asked." "The Edwards boy and his sister, and who else ?" "No one else, I think, Aunt Camilla, except Lawrence Prescott.

There will not be room for more in the arbor." Lucina did not blush when she said Lawrence Prescott, but her aunt did.

She had often romanced about the two.