Oh, dear me, try the next page!" Arnold proceeded: "Say first for heaven hides nothing from thy view. Nor the deep tract of hell say first what cause. Moved our grand parents in that happy state--" Blanche suddenly threw the handkerchief off again, and sat bolt upright in her chair.
"Shut it up," she cried.
"I can't bear any more.
Leave off, Arnold--leave off!" "What's, the matter now ?" "'That happy state,'" said Blanche.
"What does 'that happy state' mean? Marriage, of course! And marriage reminds me of Anne.