I know what these
young gentlemen are. They are not to be hearkened to one moment,
not the best of them. Let them be ever so much in earnest at the
time, their parents and guardians have the mastery of them sooner
or later, and the farther it has gone, the worse it is. I saw you
lying asleep here looking so innocent that it went to my heart, and
I heard you mutter in your sleep 'Love is strong as death,' but
that's only a bit of some play-book, and don't you trust to it, for
I never saw love that was stronger than a spider's web."
"Oh, hush, Mrs. Loveday. It is in the Bible!"
"You don't say so, ma'am," the woman said awestruck.
"I would show it you, only all my things are away. God is love, you
know," said Aurelia, sitting up with clasped hands, "and He gives it,
so it must be strong."
"Well, all the love I've ever seen was more the devil's," said Loveday
truly enough; "and you'll find it so if you mean to trust to these
fine young beaux and what they say."
Aurelia shook her head a little as she sat up in bed with her clasped
hands; and there was a look on her face that Mrs. Loveday did not
understand, as she went on with her advice.
"So, my dear young lady, you see all that is left for you is to frame
your mind to keep close here, and conform to my Lady's will till all
is blown over one way or another.
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