I do hope Hugh will not be rough
with her."
"I have a better opinion of Hugh McNeil than to think he will be rough with
his own wife. From what I saw of him I rather admired him, and I hope he
will be happy in his married life."
"I hope so, too, but--I fear for Nina. Let me read Elsie's letter to you,
and you will understand the situation, for she is such an innocent little
kitten that she has disclosed more than she is aware of":
"I cannot call you by your new name yet, but I hope you will not mind, for
you will always be just 'Dexie' to me. I know that I ought to begin my
letter with best wishes and congratulations, but I cannot do it honestly,
so it would not be honor bright. Your marriage has made such a disturbance
here that I do not know what to think, only that I am sure you are not to
blame for it; so I wish you to know the story, even though Cora often says,
'I hope Dexie will never hear about this.'
"When I received the papers you sent me containing the announcement of your
marriage, I, very naturally, read it out for the benefit of the rest in the
room, never thinking I was doing anything out of the way; but that horrid
Hugh McNeil was present, and before I had quite finished reading it he
jumped to his feet and glared at me till I screamed with fright.
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