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 ! '' protested Mrs. Stapp feebly . `` Perhaps so , but it 's the way I feel . 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 XXXXX change the subject .
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