Wives and daughters : an every-day story . hat such athing may not occur again, or I shall be obliged to characterize itmore severely. Molly could not imagine what more severely could be, forher fathers manner appeared to her almost cruel in its coloured up extremely, then went pale, and at lengthraised her beautiful appealing eyes full of tears to Mr. Gibson, Hewas touched by that look, but he resolved inmiediately not to bemollified by any of her physical charms of expression, but to keepto his sober judgment of her conduct. Please, I\Ir. Gibson, hear my side of the story b
Wives and daughters : an every-day story . hat such athing may not occur again, or I shall be obliged to characterize itmore severely. Molly could not imagine what more severely could be, forher fathers manner appeared to her almost cruel in its coloured up extremely, then went pale, and at lengthraised her beautiful appealing eyes full of tears to Mr. Gibson, Hewas touched by that look, but he resolved inmiediately not to bemollified by any of her physical charms of expression, but to keepto his sober judgment of her conduct. Please, I\Ir. Gibson, hear my side of the story before you speakso hardly to me. I did not mean to—to flirt. I merely meant tomake myself agreeable,—I cant help doing that,—and that gooseof a Mr. Coxe seems to have fancied I meant to give him encourage-ment. * Do you mean that you were not aware that he was falling inlove with you ? Mr. Gibson Avas melting into a readiness to beconvinced by that sweet voice and pleading face. Well, I suppose I must speak truly. Cynthia blushed and. I TRUST THIS WILL KSVEB OCCUR AGAIN, CtNTHT\ A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 77 smiled—ever so little—but it ^vas a smile, and it Iiardened heart again. I did think once or twice that he wasbecoming a little more complimentary than the occasion required;but I hate throwing cold water on people, and I never tliought hecould take it into his silly head to fancy himself seriously in love,and to make such a fuss at the last, after only a fortnightsacquaintance. You seem to have been pretty well aware of his silliness (Ishould rather call it simplicity). Dont you think you should haveremembered that it might lead him to exaggerate what you weredoing and saying into encouragement ? Perhaps. I daresay Im all wrong, and hes all right, saidCynthia, piqued and pouting. We used to say in France, that les absens out toujours tort, but really it seems as if here she stopped. She was unwilling to be impertinent to a man whom sherespected and l
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