`` I never liked her myself , '' admitted Mrs. Stapp . `` She thought herself above us all . Well , for that matter I suppose she was -- but she need n't have rubbed it in so . '' `` Well , she might have been above me , '' said Mrs. March bitterly , `` but she was n't above twitting and snubbing me every chance she got . She always had a spite at me from the time we were children together at school . When we grew up it was worse . I could n't begin to tell you all the times that girl insulted me . But there was once in particular -- I 'll never forgive her for it . I was at a party , and she was there too , and so was that young Trenham Manning , who was visiting the Ashleys . Do you remember him , Dosia ? He was a handsome young fellow , and Lou had a liking for him , so all the girls said . But he never looked at her that night , and he kept by me the whole time . It made Lou furious , and at last she came up to me with a sneer on her face , and her black eyes just snapping , and said , ` Miss Bennett , Mother told me to tell you to tell your ma that if that plain sewing is n't done by tomorrow night she 'll send for it and give it to somebody else ; if people engage to have work done by a certain time and do n't keep their word , they need n't expect to get it . ' Oh , how badly I felt ! Mother and I were poor , and had to work hard , but we had feelings just like other people , and to be insulted like that before Trenham Manning ! I just burst out crying then and there , and ran away and hid . It was very silly of me , but I could n't help it . That stings me yet . If I was ever to get a chance to pay Lou Carroll out for that , I 'd take it without any compunction . '' `` Oh , but that is unchristian ! ''
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