“And what beautiful eyes she has!” exclaimed another.
“Well, I have not said any thing against her eyes, but just look at her rigging, Susan,” put in Mrs. Peerabout, draining her fourth cup.
“You must remember, Mrs. Peerabout,” said Mrs. Fay, the lawyer’s wife, “that Mrs. Forbes has never lived in the country, and has probably always been accustomed at home to dress just as much, if not more. You must excuse me if I say I really think you judge her too hard. For my own part, I confess myself favorably impressed by what I have seen of her. Recollect, she is entirely ignorant of our ways.”
“Then she had better have stayed in the city,” interrupted Miss Krout, spitefully; “for my part, Mrs. Fay, I don’t like such mincing fol de lol ways as she has got!”
“But she will learn,” said Mrs. Fay mildly, “she will conform to our customs I do not doubt.”
“Learn! I guess so—a sitting with gloves on and curls below her girdle—I aint a fool, Mrs. Fay!” said Aloes.
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CHAPTER IV.
Although Anna was really much pleased with the majority of her new acquaintances, their manners and conversation, as also their style of dress, so entirely different from what she had been accustomed to, did not escape her criticism, yet, for the sake of her husband, she was resolved to overcome her prejudices, if so they might be called.
Speaking of them one day to Rupert, she said: