He will be glad to see you again." "Is he really related to me ?" "He told you so, did he not?
And his name certainly is Morgeson." "But we are wholly unlike, are we not ?" "Wholly; but why do you ask ?" "He influences me so strongly." "Influences you ?" she echoed.
"Yes"; and, with an effort, "I believe I influence him." "You are very handsome," she said, with a little sharpness.

"So are flowers," I said to myself.
"It is not that, Alice," I answered peevishly; "you know better." "You are peculiar, then; it may be he likes you for being so.

He is odd, you know; but his oddity never troubles me." And she resumed her sewing with a placid face.
"Veronica is odd, also," was my thought; "but oddity there runs in a different direction." Her image appeared to me, pale, delicate, unyielding.

I seemed to wash like a weed at her base.
"You should see my sister, Alice." "Charles spoke of her; he says she plays beautifully.

If you feel strong next week, we will go to Boston, and make our winter purchases.
By the way, I hope you are not nervous.