Owen Oliver

“ We can make her understand without letting him notice anything. Women are cleverer than men.”
“Yes,” said Aunt Jane. “That is the danger. She may be a little too clever for us, Sarah. If she could make him fall in love with her, considering how little he noticed women—and it isn't as if she were 'specially pretty—she is clever enough for anything. You may think she'll take in whatever we say. I think she will talk to Teddie about it, and find out that we are not likely to carry out the threat, and snap her fingers at us.”
“think so, too,” Aunt Elizabeth agreed. ”

“ I shall just speak of our losses and the struggle that Teddie will have; and the advantage to him of a wife who has not been used to wealth. I will have that slap at my lady on the pedestal. She will not make a sign, you'll find, to us. She'll just sit and stare and say, 'Yes,' and 'No,' and 'Is that so” There won't be a word about Teddie's fortune, or her disappointment, or about breaking off the engagement. She'll just give a little shrug, and smile scornfully over her shoulder as she goes. The next day she'll write to Teddie, and go away, probably. As Jane says, she doesn't care for him ”

“ Aunt Jane entreated., “It's plain enough that he was trapped into it. He says himself that he did it without premeditation. 'A lady on a pedestal,' indeed! Every one knows that the Kennertons are as poor as they are stuck up. They brought her over here to marry money.”
“She must be clever to catch him like that,” Aunt Elizabeth observed. “She hasn't any looks to speak of; just a thin, pale, proud-looking girl. Teddie might have had a dozen who were better looking, but he never seemed to trouble about girls. She must be clever.”
“Other people can be clever, too,” Aunt Sarah remarked. ”

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