I know him. He has found beauty ignorant of itself; he will teach
you to develop it."

The next morning Mr. Uxbridge had an interview with Aunt Eliza
before he saw me.

When we were alone I asked him how her eccentricities affected
him; he could not but consider her violent, prejudiced, warped, and
whimsical. I told him that I had been taught to accept all that she
did on this basis. Would this explain to him my silence in regard
to her?

"Can you endure to live with her in Bond Street for the present,
or would you rather return to Waterbury?"

"She desires my company while she is in Newport only. I have
never been with her so long before."

"I understand her. Law is a game, in her estimation, in which
cheating can as easily be carried on as at cards."

"Her soul is in this case."

"Her soul is not too large for it. Will you ride this afternoon?"

I promised, of course. From that time till he left Newport we saw
each other every day, and though I found little opportunity to
express my own peculiar feelings, he comprehended many of my
wishes, and all my tastes. I grew fond of him hourly. Had I not
reason? Never was friend so considerate, never was lover more