Then he
snatched the paper from me, and tore it in a thousand pieces, and stamped
and stormed about the room till I felt sure he was crazy, then I ran from
the room in terror. Then, as if that were not enough, Cora followed me out
and said she had a good mind to box my ears for reading it out before Hugh,
and yet I am quite sure that she likes you as much as ever. Well, we had an
awful time with Hugh that night. He attempted to shoot himself, and mother
cried and father scolded, and Lancy had to come and watch him till
daylight. We were getting over our scare, and I was beginning to think it
was a 'temporary fit of insanity,' as Cora said, when we were startled by
another fit that is anything but 'temporary' this time, for Hugh asked papa
to rent him the other half of the house where you lived, stating that he
was going to be married immediately! Of course we wanted to know the name
of the lady, and you can imagine our surprise and dismay when he said it
was Nina Gordon. We all felt badly about it, for no one can imagine for a
minute that he cares for her. As soon as he had rented the house he started
off to Montreal, taking Mrs.
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