Old Parson Jones used to say that people were marbled good and bad pretty even , but that in everybody there were one or two streaks just pure wicked . I guess Lou Carroll is my wicked streak . I have n't seen or heard of her for years -- ever since she married that worthless Dency Baxter and went away . She may be dead for all I know . I do n't expect ever to have a chance to pay her out . But mark what I say , Theodosia , if I ever have , I will . '' Mrs. March snipped off her thread , as if she challenged the world . Mrs. Stapp felt uncomfortable over the unusual display of feeling she had evoked , and hastened to change the subject . In three weeks ' time Mrs. March was established in her new home , and the `` old Carroll house '' blossomed out into renewed splendour . Theodosia Stapp , who had dropped in to see it , was in a rapture of admiration . `` You have a lovely home now , Anna . I used to think it fine enough in the Carrolls ' time , but it was n't as grand as this . And that reminds me , I have something to tell you , but I do n't want you to get as excited as you did the last time I mentioned her name . You remember the last day I was to see you we were talking of Lou Carroll ? Well , next day I was downtown in a store , and who should sail in but Mrs. Joel Kent , from Oriental . You know Mrs. Joel -- Sarah Chapple that was ? She and her man keep a little hotel up at Oriental . They 're not very well off . She is a cousin of old Mrs. Carroll , but , lawful heart , the Carrolls did n't used to make much of the relationship ! Well , Mrs. Joel and I had a chat .
She told me all her troubles -- she always has lots XXXXX them .
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