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"There's no use mincing matters," said Mrs. Black, as she and Avice sat at breakfast next morning: "I was your uncle's promised wife and I feel that it is, therefore, my right to assume the head of the household and give orders."
Avice looked at her sadly. "I have no objection to your giving orders so long as they in no way interfere with _my_ plans or wishes. But I think it would be pleasanter for us both if you were to drop that defiant air, and let us be on a more friendly footing. I quite appreciate your position here, but you must remember that though you were engaged to my uncle you were _not_ married to him and that"