A handful of good life is worth a bushel of learning.”
“Dear Emily,--I have a brilliant idea, and at once
hasten to share it with you. Three weeks ago I came
up here to the wilds of Vermont to visit my old aunt,
also to get a little quiet and distance in which to survey
certain new prospects which have opened before me,
and to decide whether I will marry a millionnaire and
become a queen of society, or remain ‘the charming
Miss Vaughan’ and wait till the conquering hero
comes.”
“Aunt Plumy begs me to stay over Christmas, and
I have consented, as I always dread the formal dinner
with which my guardian celebrates the day.”