But never was man's
heart strong enough to resist Mary Tudor's smile for long.
There was this difference between Brandon and most others--he would be
slow to love, but when love should once fairly take root in his
intense nature, he would not do to trifle with.
The night after the meeting, Mary cuddled up to Jane, who slept with
her, and whispered, half bashfully:
"Tell me all about Brandon; I am interested in him. I believe if I
knew more persons like him I should be a better girl, notwithstanding
he is one of the boldest men I ever knew. He says anything he wishes,
and, with all his modest manner, is as cool with me as if I were a
burgher's daughter. His modesty is all on the outside, but it is
pretty, and pretty things must be on the outside to be useful. I
wonder if Judson thought him modest?"
Jane talked of Brandon to Mary, who was in an excellent humor, until
the girls fell asleep.
When Jane told me of this I became frightened; for the surest way to
any woman's heart is to convince her that you make her better, and
arouse in her breast purer impulses and higher aspirations.
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