I was so improved in appearance that an old
acquaintance did not recognize me. My anecdotes and fun amused
Mrs. S., the mother of the girls. She could be very violent on
occasions, I found, and I learned that there had been terrible
scenes at times, and that from time to time it had been necessary
to place her in an asylum. I went for drives with the girls and
to theatres, and ought to have been happy and glad to find myself
in such good quarters. The mother trusted me so entirely that she
left me for hours with the girls, the younger one of whom I would
kiss sometimes. She was engaged to a young fellow whom I spoke to
patronizingly, but whose shoes I was not worthy to fasten. I was
the cause of quarrels between them. They made it up again but I
think he noticed the change that was taking place in Alice. For
from kissing her I had gone on--all larking at first. We formed
the habit of sitting down on the sofa when alone and kissing
steadily for ten minutes or more at a time. She was excited
without knowing what was the matter with her--but I knew. And one
day when our mouths were together I drew her to me and commenced
to stroke her legs gently down.
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