St. Claire
was guardian.
This feeling of Victor was in a great measure shared by the
villagers, and, indeed, after a day or two of talking and
wondering, the general opinion seemed to be that Arthur had
magnified the evil and been altogether too much afraid of Madam
Rumor, who was inclined to be rather lenient toward him,
particularly as Edith Hastings took pains to tell how kind he was
to Nina, who gave him oftentimes so much trouble. The tide of
popular feeling was in his favor, and the sympathy which many
openly expressed for him was like a dagger to the young man, who
knew he did not deserve it. Still he was relieved of a great
burden, and was far happier than he had been before, and even
signified to Grace his willingness to mingle in society and see
company at his own house. The consequence of this was throngs of
visitors at Grassy Spring, said visitors always asking for Mr. St.
Claire, but caring really to see Nina, who shrank from their
advances, and hiding herself in her room refused at last to go
down unless Miggie were there.
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