We pay ready money for everything." Rosa colored a little, but said nothing.
Staines did his part nobly.

He read; he wrote; he paced the yard.

He wore his old clothes in the house; he took off his new ones when he came in.

He was all genius, drudgery, patience.
How Phoebe Dale would have valued him, co-operated with him, and petted him, if she had had the good luck to be his wife! The season came back, and with it Miss Lucas, towing a brilliant bride, Mrs.Vivian, young, rich, pretty, and gay, with a waist you could span, and athirst for pleasure.
This lady was the first that ever made Rosa downright jealous.

She seemed to have everything the female heart could desire; and she was No.
1 with Miss Lucas this year.