. Wives and daughters : an every-day story . aid Cynthia, getting hold of both Mollyshands, and looking steadily into her face, but in such a manner thatshe did not dislike the inspection. I think I shall like you. I am so glad ! I was afraid I shouldnot. Were all in a very awkward position together, arent wo ? Ilike your fathers looks, though. Molly could not help smiling at the way this was said. Cynthiareplied to her smile. xWi, you may laugh. But I dont know that I am easy to geton with; mamma and I didnt suit when we were last perhaps v/e are each of us wiser now. Now, please
. Wives and daughters : an every-day story . aid Cynthia, getting hold of both Mollyshands, and looking steadily into her face, but in such a manner thatshe did not dislike the inspection. I think I shall like you. I am so glad ! I was afraid I shouldnot. Were all in a very awkward position together, arent wo ? Ilike your fathers looks, though. Molly could not help smiling at the way this was said. Cynthiareplied to her smile. xWi, you may laugh. But I dont know that I am easy to geton with; mamma and I didnt suit when we were last perhaps v/e are each of us wiser now. Now, please leave me fora quarter of an hour. I dont want anything more. Molly went into her own room, waiting to show Cynthia down tothe dining-room. Not that, in the moderate-sized house, there wasany difficulty in finding the way. A very little trouble in con-jecturing would enable a stranger to discover any room. But Cyn-thia had so captivated Molly, that she wanted to devote herself tothe new-comers service. Ever since she had heard of the proba-. fiRST lLiIPSBiSIO:gS I CYNTHIAS AllRIVAL. 219 tility of her having a sister—(she called her a sister, hut whether itwas a Scotch sister, or a sister a hi mode dc Bretinjuc, ^voulcl havepuzzled most people)-—IMolly had allowed her foncy to dwell muchon the idea of Cynthias coming; and in the short time since theyhad met, Cynthias unconscious power of fascination had hcen exer-cised upon her. Some people have this power. Of course, its effectsare only manifested in the susceptihle. A school-girl may be foundin every school who attracts and influences all the others, not by hervirtues, nor her beauty, nor her sweetness, nor her cleverness, butby something that can neither be described nor reasoned upon. Itis the something alluded to in the old lines :— Love mc not for comely grace,For my pleasing eye and face;No, nor for my constant heart,—Por these may change, and tnni to ill,And thus true love may love me on, and know not w
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