Ormont.  It sprang up to her call like an imp of the burning pit.  She saw it ingenious and of natural aspect.  I must be a born intriguer! she said in her breast.  That was hateful; but it seemed worse when she thought of a woman commanding the faculty and consenting to be duped and foiled.  That might be termed despicable; but what if she had not any longer the wish to gain her way with her lord?

Those letters are acting like a kind of poison in me! her heart cried:  and it was only her head that dwelt on the antidote.

ETEXT EDITOR’S BOOKMARKS: 

A woman, and would therefore listen to nonsense
And not be beaten by an acknowledged defeat
Botched mendings will only make them worse
Convincing themselves that they impersonate sagacity
I have all the luxuries—­enough to loathe them
Lawyers hold the keys of the great world
Naked original ideas, are acceptable at no time
Not daring risk of office by offending the taxpayer
This female talk of the eternities
To know how to take a licking, that wins in the end
To males, all ideas are female until they are made facts
We cannot, men or woman, control the heart in sleep at night
Who cries, Come on, and prays his gods you won’t

[The End]

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