"Oh, I am glad! -- I am glad!" I exclaimed.
St. John smiled. "Did I not say you neglected essential points
to pursue trifles?" he asked. "You were serious when I told you
you had got a fortune; and now, for a matter of no moment, you are
excited."
"What can you mean? It may be of no moment to you; you have
sisters and don't care for a cousin; but I had nobody; and now
three relations, -- or two, if you don't choose to be counted, --
are born into my world full-grown. I say again, I am glad!"
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