And it will have to pay for my rent and food besides, when Aunt Grizel dies--when I'm not being taken in somewhere.

Of course, she still counts on my marrying, poor dear.' 'Oh, but, of course you _will_ marry,' said Althea, with conviction.
Miss Buchanan, who was getting much better, was propped high on her pillows to-day, and was attired in a most becoming flow of lace and silk.

Nothing less exposed to the gross chances of the world could be imagined.

She did not turn her eyes on her companion as the confident assertion was made, and she kept silence for a moment.

Then she answered placidly: 'Of course, if I'm to live--and not merely exist--I must try to, I suppose.' Althea was taken aback and pained by the wording of this speech.