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"I'm sorry they're away," said Aunt Eliza, coming in, "because I can stay only a few hours."

I have to go to Charlottetown tonight," returned Aunt Eliza.

Precisely the same blinded materialism (working treacherously behind my back) now sought to rob me of the only right of property that my poverty could claim--my right of spiritual property in my perishing aunt.

You will let me leave the book, aunt? The doctor can hardly object to that!"

The aunt answered, "She knew too much of the world to be so deceived; that as she was sensible another man had her affections, she should persuade Mr Western to hasten the match as much as possible.

Sophia well understood what her aunt meant; but did not think proper to make her an answer.

I, for one, freely confess that I don't know what to do with her any more than if she was one of those strange, outlandish birds you used to bring home from foreign parts." And Aunt Plenty gave a perplexed shake of the head which caused great commotion among the stiff loops of purple ribbon that bristled all over the cap like crocus buds.

But our aunt thought best to remove her because she complained, and she has been dawdling about ever since she came.