"If they would submit, and do their best, it would doubtless prove the most beneficial thing for them; but it is a trial in which they often fail, and I had rather not be in the place of such friends." "It is a great puzzle!" said Margaret, sighing.
"Ah! I dare say you are often perplexed," said her friend kindly.
"Indeed I am.

There are so many little details that I cannot be always teasing papa with, and yet which I do believe form the character more than the great events, and I never know whether I act for the best.

And there are so many of us, so many duties, I cannot half attend to any.
Lately, I have been giving up almost everything to keep this room quiet for Norman in the morning, because he was so much harassed and hurt by bustle and confusion, and I found to-day that things have gone wrong in consequence." "You must do the best you can, and try to trust that while you work in the right spirit, your failures will be compensated," said Mr.Wilmot.
"It is a hard trial." "I like your understanding it," said Margaret, smiling sadly.

"I don't know whether it is silly, but I don't like to be pitied for the wrong thing.

My being so helpless is what every one laments over; but, after all, that is made up to me by the petting and kindness I get from all of them; but it is the being mistress of the house, and having to settle for every one, without knowing whether I do right or wrong, that is my trouble." "I am not sure, however, that it is right to call it a trouble, though it is a trial." "I see what you mean," said Margaret.