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"Women do not like a man the worse for having many favorites, if he / desert them all for her. She fancies that she herself has the power / of fixing the wanderer; that other women conquer like the Parthians, / but that she herself, like the Romans, can not only make conquests, / but retain them. " -- _Colton._
The conversation had now become more general; but towards the close / of the visit Queenie found herself alone with Miss Cunningham. They / were standing in the porch together. Garth had gone round to the / stables to see after the waggonette, and the others were in the / Vicar's study, turning over a portfolio of old engravings. Queenie / had been more than half disposed to follow them, but Miss Cunningham / had detained her.