`` How does Sara like teaching at Newbridge ? '' asked Mrs. Jonas , helping herself a second time to Mrs. Eben 's matchless black fruit cake , and thereby bestowing a subtle compliment which Mrs. Eben did not fail to appreciate . `` Well , I guess she likes it pretty well -- better than down at White Sands , anyway , '' answered Mrs. Eben . `` Yes , I may say it suits her . Of course it 's a long walk there and back . I think it would have been wiser for her to keep on boarding at Morrison 's , as she did all winter , but Sara is bound to be home all she can . And I must say the walk seems to agree with her . '' `` I was down to see Jonas ' aunt at Newbridge last night , '' said Mrs. Jonas , `` and she said she 'd heard that Sara had made up her mind to take Lige Baxter at last , and that they were to be married in the fall . She asked me if it was true . I said I did n't know , but I hoped to mercy it was . Now , is it , Louisa ? '' `` Not a word of it , '' said Mrs. Eben sorrowfully . `` Sara has n't any more notion of taking Lige than ever she had . I 'm sure it 's not MY fault . I 've talked and argued till I 'm tired . I declare to you , Amelia , I am terribly disappointed . I 'd set my heart on Sara 's marrying Lige -- and now to think she wo n't ! '' `` She is a very foolish girl , '' said Mrs. Jonas , judicially . `` If Lige Baxter is n't good enough for her , who is ? '' `` And he 's so well off , '' said Mrs. Eben , `` and does such a good business , and is well spoken of by every one .
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