"
"Can you not sum up her perfections a little more rapidly? Life
is short," remarked Ida, acidly.
"Come, Coz, let me get you some sweet-oil before you finish your
supper. You know you are the handsomest girl in the State, and
that's distinction enough for one woman. To you, Miss Burton is
only a plain school-teacher. Why should you envy her?"
"I do not envy her, nor can I see why people are so carried away
with her."
"It IS remarkable to see what an impression she has made in two
brief days. Of course her courage in saving the child served as
a general and favorable introduction, but it does not by any means
explain her growing popularity. For some reason or other those
about her always seem to be having a good time. See how animated
and pleased is the expression of all the faces at her table yonder.
It was the same on the croquet-ground this morning. She effervesced
like champagne, and before we knew it we were all in a state of
exhilaration and the morning had gone."
"I hate these bold, forward women who are quick to become acquainted
with every one. A man of this type is bad enough, but a woman is
unendurable."
"I agree with you in the abstract most heartily; but the only bold
thing that I have seen Miss Burton do was to run under the feet
of my horses.
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