Chapter 12: The Resolution Come to by Johanna Oakley

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​⁠The beautiful Johanna—when in obedience to the command of her father she left him, and begged him (the beef-eater) to manage matters with the Rev. Mr. Lupin—did not proceed directly up stairs to her apartment, but lingered on the staircase to hear what ensued; and if anything in her dejected state of mind could have given her amusement, it would certainly have been the way in which the beef-eater