29/81 "She is no longer a child; and she says his uncle. This makes me half suspect it is her that dear boy--Josephine, tell me the truth, which of you is it ?" "Dear mother, who should it be? After awhile she said, "The moment they have a lover, he detaches their hearts from their poor old mother. She is no longer what my Josephine is to me." "Mamma, she is my superior. I see it more and more every day. |