CHAPTER VIII.
"Why, you are all in ecstacies about him," said Mrs. Palmer, the next morning.
"So elegant!" said Louisa.
"So interesting!" said Helen.
"So handsome!" said Georgiana.
"So kind!" said Isabella.
"Well, it is a clear case," continued Mrs. Palmer, "that one of you he must have."
"Not me," exclaimed Louisa, and then coloured deeply. Mrs. Palmer looked at her for a moment; this was not the first time she had suspected that her young friend had no longer a heart to give.
"Oh, mamma," cried Georgiana, "intended him for Mary; but now that he turns out so young and good-looking, she seems to think him too good for her."
"Poor thing!" said Mrs. Palmer, "I wish I had her in the country, she should have a basin of new milk, fresh from the cow, every morning. A young friend of mine, who looked just as she does, was quite cured by it."
The efficacy of even new milk may be doubted to
