`` You ca n't go off and live by yourself , '' Caroline told her . `` It 's all nonsense to talk of such a thing . We will give you a home , if Christopher is going to turn you out . You were always a fool , Eunice , to pet and pamper him as you 've done . This is the thanks you get for it -- turned out like a dog for his fine wife 's whim ! I only wish your mother was alive ! '' It was probably the first time Caroline had ever wished this . She had flown at Christopher like a fury about the matter , and had been rudely insulted for her pains . Christopher had told her to mind her own business . When Caroline cooled down she made some arrangements with him , to all of which Eunice listlessly assented . She did not care what became of her . When Christopher Holland brought Victoria as mistress to the house where his mother had toiled , and suffered , and ruled with her rod of iron , Eunice was gone . In Charles Holland 's household she took Electa 's place -- an unpaid upper servant . Charles and Caroline were kind enough to her , and there was plenty to do . For five years her dull , colorless life went on , during which time she never crossed the threshold of the house where Victoria Holland ruled with a sway as absolute as Naomi 's had been . Caroline 's curiosity led her , after her first anger had cooled , to make occasional calls , the observations of which she faithfully reported to Eunice . The latter never betrayed any interest in them , save once . This was when Caroline came home full of the news that Victoria had had the room where Naomi died opened up , and showily furnished as a parlor . Then Eunice 's sallow face crimsoned , and her eyes flashed , over the desecration . But no word of comment or complaint ever crossed her lips .
She knew , as every one else knew , XXXXX the glamor soon went from Christopher Holland 's married life .
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