, save her from awkward situations, and, above all, to prevent her altered manner from being remarked. This was the less difficult, as Eveleen was subdued and languid, and more inclined to lie on the sofa and read than to look out for . As to poor little Amy, her task was in one way become less hard, for Guy had ceased to haunt her, and seemed to make it his business to avoid all that could cause her ; but in another way it her much more, for she now saw the she was causing. If obliged to do anything for her, he would give a look as if to ask pardon, and then her rebellious would so throb with as to cause her wordnetfear at having let herself fall into so hateful a habit as wordnetdesire to attract attention. What a struggle it was not to obey the wordnetdesire of turning to him for the smile with which he would greet anything in conversation that interested them both, and how wrong she thought it not to be more consoled when she saw him talking to Eveleen, or to any of the others, as if he was doing very well without her. This did not often happen; he was evidently out of , and thoughtful, and Amy was afraid some storm might be gathering respecting Mr. Sebastian Dixon