said
horrid
things
about
you,and
then
Jeremy hit
him.""About
me?What
things?"
"That you
were
ugly,"eagerly
continued
Mary--never
a tactful
child,and
intent now
only upon
Jeremy's
reputation--"and
wore ugly
clothes
and horrid
things.He
did
really.I
heard it
all."Aunt
Amy was
deeply
moved.Her
conceit,her
abnormal
all-embracing
conceit
was
wounded--yes,even
by so
insignificant
a creature
as the
Dean's
Ernest;but
she was
also
unexpectedly
touched.She
would have
greatly
