as, should I ever form an attachment, my happiness will be materially augmented by your approbation of my choice."
"But this is not an affair," replied Madame Laronne, raising her voice still higher, "in which we are likely to agree. You have, or pretend to have, an aversion to those things which only make marriage desirable, at least in the opinion of the reasonable part of the world; but I am sorry to add, niece, that you are a very romantic girl, and when it is too late, may possibly repent your error. Your mother had many strange prejudices as well as yourself, and it would have been much to her advantage if she had been enabled to conquer them."
"If I imitate her example, Madame," returned Julie, wiping an obtruding tear from her cheek, "which I hope will ever be the rule of my conduct, I shall not prove myself unworthy of your protection."
Madame
