The house of the seven gables . m, and, if such thingswere in fashion nowadays, should be apt to suspect himof studying the Black Art, up there in his lonesomechamber. But, dear cousin, said Phoebe, if the young manis so dangerous, why do you let him stay ? If he doeinothing worse, he may set the house on fire! Why, sometimes, answered Hepzibah, I haveseriously made it a question, whether I ought not tosend him away. But, with all his oddities, he is a quietkind of a person, and has such a way of taking hold ofones mind, that, without exactly liking him (for I don*tknow enough of the young man
The house of the seven gables . m, and, if such thingswere in fashion nowadays, should be apt to suspect himof studying the Black Art, up there in his lonesomechamber. But, dear cousin, said Phoebe, if the young manis so dangerous, why do you let him stay ? If he doeinothing worse, he may set the house on fire! Why, sometimes, answered Hepzibah, I haveseriously made it a question, whether I ought not tosend him away. But, with all his oddities, he is a quietkind of a person, and has such a way of taking hold ofones mind, that, without exactly liking him (for I don*tknow enough of the young man), I should be sorry tolose sight of him entirely. A woman clings to , when she lives so much alone as I do. But if Mr. Holgrave is a lawless person ! remon-strated Phoebe, a part of whose essence it was to keepwithin the limits of law. • Oh! said Hepzibah, carelessly, —for, formal as shewas, still, in her lifes experience, she had gnashed herteeth against human law, — I suppose he has a law ofhis own!. VI. MAULES WELL.
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