This assault had been so sudden, so trenchant, so effective;--he had been led so artfully to the softness of real feeling, in order to have the thrust made at his most unguarded moment, that Laurie stood confused when his Mentor left him, not quite sure where he was, or what had happened. Had it been any stranger who had appeared, Mrs. Severn’s young friend would have made a poor impression upon her visitor; but, happily, it was Alice who came in,--Alice with her curls,--harmonious spirit, setting the house to music, as her mother said. This was all poor Laurie made by his honesty in carrying his Edith, in her earliest conception, for the approval of the Square.
LONDON: STRANGEWAYS AND WALDEN, PRINTERS, 28 Castle St. Leicester Sq.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Three Brothers; vol. 1/3, by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant