This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...it over," she said gravely, "and I felt that I ought to tell you, Gwin. I was wrong to speak as I did, it was from a mean sort of pride, and I have no right to indulge it. It was a sort of putting on of airs that I always despise in any one else!" "O, you need not apologize to me!" cried Gwin, who was in a froward mood ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...it over," she said gravely, "and I felt that I ought to tell you, Gwin. I was wrong to speak as I did, it was from a mean sort of pride, and I have no right to indulge it. It was a sort of putting on of airs that I always despise in any one else!" "O, you need not apologize to me!" cried Gwin, who was in a froward mood. "I am quite of your first opinion, Betty, that such a person as Lolly Langdon could never take your place here, and fancy ' Mrs. L.' in mamma's!" "Don't you be a stumbling-block to me, Gwin! I am bad enough already. You must not encourage me in a 'haughty spirit.' This is what I ought to have had said, and what I do really mean. The Langdons can never take our place with those who truly love us, and what place they take with those who do not does not matter to us. They are so entirely unlike us that the things which would give them pleasure would be nothing to us, so they cannot stand in any rivalry with us, and it is impossible that we should feel envious toward them." "Next thing," groaned Gwin, shaking her head pathetically, "you will be for appeasing that tender conscience of yours by presenting Lolly with all the family portraits! And, although, as she scientifically remarked, people must have grandfathers and grandmothers it is quite within the limits of the fine arts that they should not be handed down to posterity in oil paintings." "Laugh away, my dear!" said Betty cheerfully. "If you will be so persistently heroic yourself, you must expect the other members of your family to be affected by 'propinquity' 1 But you can't think how much better I feel since I have seen my fault and made my confession!" "O, Bettine," cried Gwin, hugging her te...
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