I am very fond of her." "Then perhaps you can tell me if she is interested in this young Culpeper ?" For a minute Corinna struggled against a burst of hysterical laughter.
Oh, if Cousin Harriet had only met him here, she thought, what a comedy they would have made! "Surely if any one has an opinion about that, it must be you," she rejoined as gravely as she could.
"I haven't; not the shadow of one." He was plainly puzzled.

"I thought you might help me.

You have a way of seeing things." "Have I ?" The spontaneous tribute touched her.

"I wish I could see this, but I can't.

Frankly, since you ask me, I may say that I have been troubled about it.