. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . d so much good taste, and evinced suchgenuine warmth of heart and delicacy of feeling, that his sisterwas more than satisfied, and settled in her own mind that if allthe family were as charming in their different ways as wasMiss Grant in hers, Lewiss contentment with his present situa-tion was no longer to be wondered at. What a lovely fascinating creature ! exclaimed Rose, en-thusiastically, as the door closed on her visitors; she is likesome bright vision of a poets di-eam. She seems a cute hard-headed old lady, but she struck me ashaving rather to
. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . d so much good taste, and evinced suchgenuine warmth of heart and delicacy of feeling, that his sisterwas more than satisfied, and settled in her own mind that if allthe family were as charming in their different ways as wasMiss Grant in hers, Lewiss contentment with his present situa-tion was no longer to be wondered at. What a lovely fascinating creature ! exclaimed Rose, en-thusiastically, as the door closed on her visitors; she is likesome bright vision of a poets di-eam. She seems a cute hard-headed old lady, but she struck me ashaving rather too much vinegar in her composition to induceone to covet much of her society; olives are well enough intheir way, but a man would not exactly wish to dine uponthem, either, returned Frere. Who, on eaith, are you talking about 1 inqviired Rose, inastonishment. Why, who should I be talking about, except Miss Living-stone? returned Frere, gruiSy; have you gone stupid allof a sudden 1 You must have become blind, retorted Rose, not to have r 111. i^ % ^/lray^/>i€ OR, THE RAILROAD OF LIFE. 305 obsei-ved Miss Grants unusual grace and beauty; I wonderLewis has never said more about her. Bah ! growled Frere, do you think your brother hasnothing better to do than to chatter about a womans prettyface ? Lewis is, or was (for his opinions on the subject seem toliave been modified lately), a confirmed mysogynist, and Imveiy glad of it; nothing makes me more savage than to hear theconfounded puppies of the present day talk about this doosedfine woman or that uncommon nice gal. If I happened tohave a sister or any other woman-kind belonging to me, andthey were to make free with her name in that fashion, I shouldpretty soon astonish some of their exquisite delicacies. Well,he continued, buttoning up his coat all awry, Im off, so goodbye ; and taking Roses hand in his own, he wrung it with suchforce, that a flush of pain overspread her pale features. Observingthis, he exclaimed, Did I squeez
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