I shall remain here with my dear, old grandmother, as long as she lives.

And let me tell you, Mr.Philip, I am as competent to manage my own affairs as you are!' "Could this be Alice?
"I looked at her, and looked again.

The beauty of her countenance seemed changed.

I turned from her with a deep sigh.
"'Oh, Alice, sister Alice! I tremble for you; so young and so self-willed.

This is not my Alice, the happy, confiding Alice, who once loved me so tenderly.' "'I did love you, Philip, very much,' she replied, in a softened voice; 'but how was my love returned?
You quarrelled with the only friend we had in the world.