"John knows nothing of any but good, noble women; and he thinks he sees all this in Lillie Ellis." "There's nothing to her but her wonderful complexion," said Miss Ferguson, "and her pretty little coaxing ways; but she is the most utterly selfish, heartless little creature that ever breathed." "Well, _she_ is to be John's wife," said Miss Grace, sweeping the remainder of the flowers into her apron; "and so ends my life with John.

I might have known it would come to this.

I must make arrangements at once for another house and home.

This house, so much, so dear to me, will be nothing to her; and yet she must be its mistress," she added, looking round on every thing in the room, and then bursting into tears.
Now, Miss Grace was not one of the crying sort, and so this emotion went to her friend's heart.

Miss Letitia went up and put her arms round her.
"Come, Gracie," she said, "you must not take it so seriously.