A Final Triumph; or, A Lady Bachelor — page 119: what you’re looking at

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STINGS. 11?’ CHAPTER XL STINGS. THE mortification to Eloise, under all the slights she met, was very trying, and yet she maintained her quiet. persistence. She had a right to mingle with her fellows, and if she could not meet them on equal terms, she could turn the rebuffs into a matter of amusement. Her pride was aroused. She would not be put down absolutely. One might think her wisest course would have been to desert the hotel. But why should she make a. recluse of herself at an age when she was best fitted to en- joy the brighter side of life? And to flee from one place. was but to go and meet the same treatment at another. She had enjoyed her brief acquaintance with Mr. Platt, he appeared so manly and pleasant when she first met him. But, alas! the power of spite and ill-natured false- hood to create false impressions! If she had been a. wrinkle-faced old grandmother she could not have met with colder treatment. The aunt of our heroine had not been well, and did not. attend the german. She remained in her room, happy in the belief that for one evening Eloise would receive the at- tention she deserved, and which her beauty and accom- plishments demanded. She did not retire, and was wait- ing when her niece entered her room. ‘The aunt called te her, and Eloise said: GComichbooks (E©)