It may be imagined that Kate's success was even less than that which Alice achieved. "I knew it would be so," said John Vavasor, when his niece first told him;--and as he spoke he struck his hand upon the table. "I knew all along how it would be."

Kate had even less success than Alice.
"I knew it would be so," said John Vavasor, when his niece told him; and he struck his hand upon the table.
