Excerpt from Scenes at Washington: Story of the Last Generation
"Fool ! fool!" she cried, stamping her little foot violently on the floor, as she entered the room, and throwing her beautiful head into its loftiest attitude.
"Who is it, sister, you are honoring with that fine epithet?"
Instead of a reply, the same expressions were repeated, while the face of the speaker betrayed evident marks of agitation from something she had just heard.
"Well, but what is it? Perhaps if you tell me, in giving vent to your ill-humor in words, you will find some relief: anyhow, you will save your foot which, as you are using it, is in some danger of bruises, at least."
"Why, there is Dr. Leslie down stairs, and I have just heard him tell mamma that his nephew Charles is become religious. What a fool! who would have thought it? The last thing I could have supposed would have entered into his thinking head!"
"You take it very much to heart, anyhow, sister; and I see how it is plainly enough.
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