"
"For Cincinnati?" sneered Maxwell, who found the old woman's tongue a
very formidable weapon.
"I dare say there will," responded the dame.
"It is extremely uncertain, Miss Dumont. We came in the last one, and it
is scarcely possible, at this season, another followed immediately. But
here is the carriage."
"Mr. Maxwell, I shall positively refuse to accompany you," said Emily,
in a most decided tone. "This good woman, I doubt not, will accommodate
me."
"That I will," promptly responded the dame.
"I am sorry, Miss Dumont, I cannot, in this instance, yield to your
wishes. I must insist on your company to Vicksburg," said Maxwell,
striving, by a supercilious manner, to keep down his angry passions.
"By what right, sir, do you _insist_ upon it? I was not aware that you
were invested with any legal control over me."
"Then you are mistaken. I act upon undoubted authority."
"Indeed, sir, are you my guardian?" said Emily, shuddering at the
thought of the will.
"Not technically a guardian. My authority is a little more definite.
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