'
'But you do not think Mrs. Woodbourne could manage Lizzie?' said
Anne.
'No,' said Lady Merton, 'she could not manage her in the least, but
her mild influence has, I think, been of great service to her.
Lizzie has certainly grown more gentle of late, and I think it is
from consideration for her and the little children.'
'And I suppose,' said Anne, 'that Mrs, Woodbourne has done as much
for Kate as anyone could.'
'Not quite,' said Lady Merton; 'I think your Aunt Katherine would
have made her a little less trifling and silly.'
'But no one could ever have made her like Lizzie,' said Aune.
'No, but I think she might have been rather more than a mere good-
natured gossip,' said Lady Merton.
'It is curious to see how much difference expression makes in those
two sisters,' said Anne; 'their features are so much alike, that
strangers never know them apart; the only difference between them,
that I could mention, is that Lizzie is the most delicate looking;
yet how exceedingly unlike they are to each other!'
'Yes,' said Lady Merton; 'though Lizzie's whole countenance and air
is almost exactly her mother's, yet there is nothing about Kate but
her voice, which they have in common, that reminds me of her.
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