Финансист

Chapter XIII

           Beingintenselyconsciousofherfather’scompetence,andvainofherpersonalsuperiority,itwasnotsoeasytodo.Shehadwantedtogohomeoccasionally,though;shehadwantedtobeallowedtowearthesister’srosaryoflargebeadswithitspendentcrossofebonyanditssilverChrist,andthiswasheldupasagreatprivilege.Forkeepingquietinclass,walkingsoftly,andspeakingsoftly—asmuchasitwasinhertodo—fornotstealingintoothergirl’sroomsafterlightswereout,andforabandoningcrushesonthisandthatsympatheticsister,theseawardsandothers,suchaswalkingoutinthegroundsonSaturdayafternoons,beingallowedtohavealltheflowersshewanted,someextradresses,jewels,etc.,wereoffered.Shelikedmusicandtheideaofpainting,thoughshehadnotalentinthatdirection;andbooks,novels,interestedher,butshecouldnotgetthem.Therest—grammar,spelling,sewing,churchandgeneralhistory—sheloathed.Deportment—well,therewassomethinginthat.Shehadlikedtheratherexaggeratedcurtsiestheytaughther,andshehadoftenreflectedonhowshewouldusethemwhenshereachedhome.

           Whenshecameoutintolifethelittlesocialdistinctionswhichhavebeenindicatedbegantoimpressthemselvesonher,andshewishedsincerelythatherfatherwouldbuildabetterhome—amansion—suchasthoseshesawelsewhere,andlaunchherproperlyinsociety.

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