When you and I were girls , and Louise Carroll was giving herself such airs over us , you did n't much expect to ever stand in her shoes , did you ? Do you remember Lou ? '' `` Yes , I do , '' said Mrs. March sharply . A change came over her sonsy , smiling face . It actually looked hard and revengeful , and a cruel light flickered in her dark brown eyes . `` I 'll not forget Lou Carroll as long as I live . She is the only person in this world I ever hated . I suppose it is sinful to say it , but I hate her still , and always will . '' `` 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 XXXXX 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 . '
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