Washington Square

d she had chosen--amid the chaste upholstery of a New York

o cross the threshold of her too derisive parent--an act of ma

adorned the space between the two windows, and which had at its base a little gilded bracket covered by a thin slab of white marble, supporting in i

because he thought him too much on his guard, and this was the easiest way to express his o

the Doctor's vigilance was by no means excessive,

y appear that for a shrinking and retiring per

he had not supposed that she was prepared; having a lively foreboding of di

ve, and even if he had forgotten it, Mrs.

s in a drama, and she flattered hers

ith the impatience of the spectator, she had lo

performance-- to be the confidante

er of the modest heroine of the play, in the contemplation of certain

at last was simply that he lo

h already-- his visits had been a s

d, as a memorable sign of it, he had passed hi

Catherine expected, and she had regarded i

ted to possess it; she had not been waiting for it, and she

her lover's visits, which yielded her a happiness in which confidence and timidity were strangely blended, had suddenly come to an end, s

h her, as a ripe assurance of his devotion, she begge

ay, taking ano

itations had lacked

eks for a long time afterwards; the sensation

r, to make up her mind what she should do if, as she feared, he

ange that anyone should disapprove of him; that there must in that case be

ith her father she dropped her eyes and sat motionless, holding her

hings--that also made her heart beat; b

ng something, taking a line, she felt that it was the tr

," she said; "we mus

night; you must

you to do it first

he happy lover--g

as you

hould be brave for his sake, and in her

t," she said "they o

iliating; they can

all your powers

orris added, "you

eak that way--an

ith father, you will be ve

possible," Mo

much use, but

r have you easily than

t fighting; we s

s rejoined; "you especially, bec

st thing your fathe

is; pleas

ll you I am

cena

rd; but it mea

t I am after

ured Cathe

touching that Morris indulged in anot

e sure to say

be prepared for th

mistaken--that other men may be

oint of that, for it wil

er a minute, and then she s

we shall be ri

, looking into the

isfortune," h

at our difficu

worst misfortune, we

would not th

after that we shall be

tened to this robus

; it's a charge that a man has

him while he looked, with a good deal of fixedness, out of the wi

d in a moment he wa

rest, can y

she said; "but now it seems to me

er be called

ittle tender, r

ded, "There is something

she uttered, and kept them closed; and at th

father is dead against me, if he absolutely fo

at him, and she could give no bett

eave to me?"

your own mistres

she murmured,

ll; for she put her

, and presently he

man, if she had been present, would probably have admitted that it was