Through Augusta I have got acquainted with Lottie Gardner, a kind of stepniece to the doctor, and excessively aristocratic.

You ought to have seen how coolly her big, proud, black eyes inspected one.

I rather like her, though.

She and Augusta Stanley were together at Madam -- --'s school in the city.
"Didn't Adah say she went there once?
Again I charge you, don't let her go to Terrace Hill on any account.
"And one other thing.

I shall buy my bridal trousseau under Mrs.
Ellsworth's supervision.