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"Any fellow there would have paid you the same compliment if you had given him a chance; but you were so confoundedly wrapped up in that Italian chap that you would not look at the rest of us." "I don't care for the compliment," she said, cooling down directly: "I care for the truth. They don't know if I sing well or not." "Then you only sing to be admired, Miss Furnaval?"
Fluffy, gaining courage: "there's Miss Furnaval " "A great example to give one!" remarked her sister contemptuously. "She is making a fool of herself as fast as she can. Among all the young ladies who marry badly, the fascinating ones prosper the worst. No girl can refuse a good offer with impunity: a day of reckoning will come. Society has its laws, which must be obeyed: if not, gare!
Mark my words," continued Mrs. Stunner solemnly: "Miss Furnaval has some outlandish un-society principles, and practically they will not work. Why, she is quite as well contented talking to a poor man as to a rich one, and she is always encouraging worthless, amusing, handsome fellows talented men, instead of men whose position dispenses with the necessity of their having brains.
I was nearly asleep, though my thoughts were entertaining enough, when again footsteps entered the arbor below. This time the intruder did not pause. A woman's voice humming an air seemed to approach, and in a moment more a swift hand parted the bushes behind me, and Blanche Furnaval appeared. I was very much surprised, but stood up to make way for her, at the same time throwing aside my cigar.
"But they are so unworldly that they don't think of effect," said Mrs. Fluffy. "Humph!" ejaculated the widow in a tone of incredulity. "You seem to have a very poor opinion of women, Jane." "They want to marry, all of them: you admit that, don't you?" asked Mrs. Stunner severely. "I think not," objected Mrs. F. in a feeble voice. "There is Miss Furnaval: they say she has refused "
I will tease them a bit, any way: I'll pay a deuced lot of attention to Eva, and keep the other fellows away. No man would try to win her if he thought I was serious. Blanche Furnaval is an odd girl, I went on musing. They said she would end badly hope she won't, though. Bewitching girl, but she don't seem to care if people admire her or not. I never can quite understand her.
"If Miss Furnaval loves one of that kind of gentlemen, I don't see why she might not be happy with him." "You don't see anything, Sarah. You don't see the nose on your face, though I see 'tis a very big one. I will make it evident to you. He will be poor, Blanche is rich: if she gives him her money, he will spend it. Never having had any of his own, he won't know how to take care of it.
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