"I dare say there will," responded the dame.
"It is extremely uncertain, Miss Dumont. We came in the last one, and it is scarcely possible, at this season, another followed immediately. But here is the carriage."
"Mr. Maxwell, I shall positively refuse to accompany you," said Emily, in a most decided tone. "This good woman, I doubt not, will accommodate me."
"That I will," promptly responded the dame.
"I am sorry, Miss Dumont, I cannot, in this instance, yield to your wishes. I must insist on your company to Vicksburg," said Maxwell, striving, by a supercilious manner, to keep down his angry passions.
"By what right, sir, do you insist upon it? I was not aware that you were invested with any legal control over me."
"Then you are mistaken. I act upon undoubted authority."
"Indeed, sir, are you my guardian?" said Emily, shuddering at the thought of the will.
"Not technically a guardian. My authority is a little more definite."
"I do not understand you, sir."