“I think they are lovely.”
“Well, that’s my name too.”
Sallie suddenly stepped from the hall into the doorway.
“Now, Mama, there you are again carrying on with one of my beaux! I don’t know what I will do with you!”
Mrs. Worth actually blushed, sprang up and struck Sallie lightly on the arm with her fan exclaiming, “Oh! you sly thing, to stand out there and listen to what I said! Mr. Gaston I turn her over to you to punish her for such conduct.”
“Isn’t she a dear?” said Sallie when her mother was gone.
“I was charmed with her at the Springs, but the gracious way she made me feel at home this morning completely won my heart.”
“I can do anything with Mama. She’s the dearest mother that ever lived. She always seems to know intuitively my heart’s wish, and, if it’s best, give it to me, and if it’s not, she makes me cease to desire it. I wish I could manage Papa as easily.”
“I’m sure he idolises you, Miss Sallie.”
“He does, but when he lays the law down, that settles it. I can’t move him one inch.”