"Yes, dear, you! I have given you a history of your own father and mother. So, as you're the daughter of a tailor, you must not object to a tailor for a husband, if he be the right kind of a man."
It may very naturally be supposed that Kate had but little to say against tailors after that, although we are by no means sure that she had any intention of becoming the bride of one.
THE MAIDEN'S CHOICE.
"TWO offers at once! You are truly a favoured maiden, Rose," said Annette Lewis to her young friend Rose Lilton, in a gay tone. "It is husband or no husband with most of us; but you have a choice between two."
"And happy shall I be if I have the wisdom to choose rightly," was the reply of Rose.
"If it were my case, I don't think that I should have much difficulty in making a choice."
"Don't you? Suppose, then, you give me the benefit of your preference."
"Oh, no, not for the world!" replied Annette, laughing. "I'm afraid you might be jealous of me afterwards."
"Never fear. I am not of a jealous disposition."