Chapter 21 THE VIRGIN'S WREATH.

"My dear," said Longa Duilia to her daughter, "with wit such as you have, that might be drawn through a needle's eye, it is positively necessary to have you married as quickly as possible. I can no longer bear the responsibility of one so full of waywardness and humors as yourself."

"That, mother, is as Lamia chooses. You know that I can marry o