I suppose you know, dear, that those foreign people went away the
week after you did. Ma went with Mr. Angus and brought Eugene here.
He is so beautiful he almost took my breath away; but I am sorry
to say he is so far from good in Ethel's meaning of the word that she
considers it necessary to pray for him very often. Not a soul would
he obey but Mr. Angus. I laughed so much I had to go out of the room:
there was that boy with eyes flashing, defying everybody to make him
stop teasing the cat, and holding her up by the tail; and there was
Ethel perfectly dumb with astonishment, eyes wide open, pale cheeks,
and that little quiver of her lips she has when grieved. Mr. Angus