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"But what did your father and mother say?" broke in Aunt Ella.
"My father took me to task," began Quincy, "for not being present at the
reception, but I told him I had to see Culver on some political
business. Then he remarked that I missed a very pleasant evening. He
complimented Aunt Ella, here, for her skill as an entertainer, and
expressed his surprise that Bruce Douglas, instead of being a young man,
was a young and very beautiful woman. Yes, Aunt Ella, he actually called
my wife here a very beautiful young woman."
"That is a capital beginning!" cried Aunt Ella. "Go on, Quincy."
"In order to continue the conversation, I ventured the remark that Bruce
Douglas came from an ordinary country family and one not very well off;
for which aspersion, I humbly ask your pardon, Mrs. Sawyer. Father
replied that he thought that I must have been misinformed; that Bruce
Douglas was worth fifty thousand dollars in her own right, and he added
that she would become a very wealthy woman if she kept up her literary
activity."
"What did sister Sarah say?" asked Aunt Ella.
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