Ethelyn is so refined and sensitive that she will be often shocked, no doubt, with the manners of the husband and his family." This clause had troubled Mrs.Dr.Van Buren.

She really liked Ethelyn, and now that she was out of Frank's way she liked her very much, and would do a good deal to serve her.

She did not wish her to be unhappy, as she feared she might be from the sundry rumors which had reached her concerning that home out West, whither she was going.

So, when, after dinner, they were alone for a few moments, she endeavored to impress upon her niece the importance of having an establishment of her own as soon as possible.
"It is not well for sons' wives to live with the mother," she said.

"She did not mean that Nettie should live with her; and Ethelyn should at once insist upon a separate home; then, if she should see any little thing in her husband's manners which needed correcting, she could do it so much better away from his mother.