Woman against woman Author:Florence Marryat Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: " I can see myself home. I have said before that I do not wish for him." " I think you had better, ma'am," commenced Caroline. " Mind your own business... more »!" was her mistress's decisive reply, " and take those coffee-cups away." One look from her vindictive eyes, and the woman, muttering under her breath, did as she was desired, and ieft the room. " Are you not rather hard upon Caroline, my love ?" said Dr. Browne, afterwards, as the bonnie head he loved so well nestled up closely to him again; " you speak so harshly to her." " I hate her," rejoined Rachel: " however, do not let us talk of it, papa darling. I'll make her over . to you in toto ; and the more she keeps out of my way the better I shall be pleased. Let me read to you, father, or sing to you; or what shall it be ?" " Sing, dear Rachel; get your guitar, and sing to me." ' And for some time afterwards nothing was heard in the quiet sitting-room but the clear, sweet notes of her girlish voice as they sounded through the stillness of approaching night. CHAPTER III. Sll, S. KOEEEYs' BOSOM FRIEND. M, ss. AnuNDEL -- Eliza Arundel, as was her real name -- Elise, as she would be called -- the wife of " poor old Jack," and the bosom friend of Mrs. Norreys, was rather an ample friend to take to any one's bosom. Metaphorically speaking, however, she was "all that" to my unwary heroine; c'est-u-dire she was the recipient of all her news, personal and otherwise, the correspondent of her confidential letter- writing (ah! what worse than folly lies in that confidential letter writing!), and the adviser in all her little purchases, as well as all her little scrapes. Mrs. Arundel was a very fine-looking woman of, at this time, perhaps eight-and-twenty or thirty years of age. She was tall and fair, and well- c...« less