How mature! He would probably look upon me as a little girl; and if he granted me the honors of womanhood, the student of Gottingen, the heir of two great fortunes would scarcely notice the village teacher, save as the orphan protegee of his mother.
I did not indulge these thoughts.

I repelled them, for they were selfish and uncomfortable.

If every one recorded their thoughts as I do, would they not, like me, pray for the blotting angel's tears?
In one week! How soon! Mrs.Linwood, quiet and serene as she was, participated in Edith's joyful excitement.

She departed from her usual reliance on the subject, and checked not Edith's glowing warmth.
In a family so wealthy, a dwelling so abounding in all the elegancies and luxuries of life, the coming of a prince would not have occasioned any necessary disturbance.

The chamber of the son and brother had been long prepared, but now the fastidious eye of affection discovered many deficiencies.