s forehead. It was a blow to her vanity to find that another
had been chosen before herself, and though she made no comment, she was
filled with a yearning for a closer sympathy and appreciation than she
received in the home circle.

"Sometimes I feel as if I had come to the end of my work," she said
wistfully to the Hermit when he came upstairs during the evening to
congratulate the bride-elect. "When Barney goes abroad and Hope marries
we shall be a very small family, and Theo is growing so clever at
housekeeping. When I was ill they got on quite well without me. It
seems as if the time had come when I was no longer needed. It makes me
feel quite sad!"

"You must not feel that. Er--er--_fresh_ duties may arise," stammered
the Hermit in consolation.

Madge looked at them across the room, and dropped her sagacious chin.

"At this rate," she said to herself--"at this precipitate rate--they
will be finding out what they want in the course of the next three or
four years!"

The End.

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Daughters of a Genius, by
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DAUGHTERS OF A GENIUS ***

***** This file should be named 32933.txt or 32933.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/3/2/9/3/32933/

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you
do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the
rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose
such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and
research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do
practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is
subject to the tradem