1. FROM THE THIRD TO THE NINETEENTH OF
SEPTEMBERMiss Aldclyffe's tenderness towards Cytherea, between the hours
of her irascibility, increased till it became no less than doting
fondness. Like Nature in the tropics, with her hurricanes and the
subsequent luxuriant vegetation effacing their ravages, Miss
Aldclyffe compensated for her outbursts by excess of generosity
afterwards. She seemed to be completely won out of herself by close
contact with a young woman whose modesty was absolutely unimpaired,
and whose artlessness was as perfect as was compatible with the
complexity necessary to produce the due charm of womanhood.
Cytherea, on her part, perceived with honest satisfaction that her
influence for good over Miss Aldclyffe was considerable. Ideas and
habits peculiar to the yo
