She is so sensitive at heart, for all her
silliness, while Hugh is hasty and hot-tempered. How cruel of him to spoil
her life, if he only married her for the chance resemblance to me, and it
would be just like Hugh to tell her of it in one of his outbursts of
temper. It has made me feel so unhappy that I could not finish my letter; I
feel as if I were to blame in some way."
"Do not feel so troubled about it, my little wife; perhaps she will so
improve under Hugh's tuition that she will be glad that her chance likeness
was the means of making her his wife. I have often wondered, Dexie, how you
refused him yourself. He seemed so persistent it is a wonder that he did
not take you from me," drawing her closer to his side. "He seemed to have
every quality that women most admire in a man."
"Well, I did admire him--at a distance--a _long_ distance, you know," she
laughingly answered, "but directly we were near enough to talk to each
other, we were sure to disagree. What a charming married couple we would
have made!" and both laughed at the mental picture. "Poor Nina! she has not
the spirit to stand the first unkind word.
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