It was my fault; I behaved so foolishly; but I'm sure you'll both forgive me.

For months I really wasn't myself.

It made the poor girl bitter against all of us.

But how noble she is! How high-minded! And how much, much happier she will be than if she had struggled on alone--whatever she might have attained to.' It was clear to Harvey that the well-meaning lady did not quite understand Alma's sudden enthusiasm for the 'simple life', that she had but a confused apprehension of the ideal for which Alma panted.

But the suggestion of 'economy' received her entire approval.
'I feel sure you couldn't do better than to go and live in the country for a time.