"Well, what can you tell!" asked Eva, carelessly.
"I shall not say anything unless you promise not to tell, you know."
"I shall not promise, Dora, though it is not likely that I shall tell. I am not apt to repeat things."
"Well, then, Amy says you are a regular little liar and hypocrite, and she won't have any more to do with you. She says she has been patronized by you long enough."
"I did not know that I had patronized her at all," said Eva. "I am sure I never meant to do so."
"Yes, but then you see Amy is of such a jealous disposition that she thinks you mean to patronize her, whether you do or not!"
"She is naturally rather jealous, I think," said Eva; "but I can hardly believe that she called me a liar or a hypocrite!"
"She did, for I heard her!" said Dora. "I was in the store, picking out a pattern."
Eva might have asked who Amy was talking to, but she did not think of that.
"Well, all I can say is, that I am sorry!" said she, sighing. "But I hope Amy will think better of it. I am sure she will if she knows what is good for herself, for I know she cannot be happy while she is doing me such an injustice."