Rose heard her and ran to her.

Josephine told her what her mother had said to her.
Rose soothed her.

"Never mind, you have your sister who understands you: don't you go back till they have got some other topic." Rose out of curiosity went in, and found a discussion going on.

The doctor was fathoming Josephine, for the benefit of his companion.
"It is a female jealousy, and of a mighty innocent kind.

We are so taken up with this poor fellow, she thinks her soldier is forgotten." "Surely, doctor, our Josephine would not be so unreasonable, so unjust," suggested her mother.
"She belongs to a sex, be it said without offending you, madame, among whose numberless virtues justice does not fill a prominent place." The baroness shook her head.