She knit
and knit,
but while
she mused
the fire
burned; at
last she
broke out
– “I tell
you,
Augustine,
I can’t
get over
things so,
if you
can. It’s
a perfect
abomination
for you to
defend
such a
system, –
that’s my
mind!”
“What
now?” said
St. Clare,
looking
up. “At it
again,
hey?” “I
say it’s
perfectly
abominable
for you to
defend
such a
system!”
said Miss
Ophelia,
with
increasing
warmth. “I
defend it,
my dear
lady? Who
ever said
I did
defend
it?” said
