So that at last she went out, leaving him alone, triumphant, with Miss Thornton, who said not a word, but only raised her eyes off her work, from time to time, to look reproachfully on the rebellious boy.

He could stand his mother's anger, but he could not stand those steady wondering looks that came from under the old lady's spectacles.

So that, when Mary came in again, she found the book picked up, and the lesson learned.
Moreover, it was a fortnight before the lad misbehaved himself again.
In sickness and in health, in summer and in winter, for ten long years after they settled at Toonarbin, did this noble old lady stand beside Mary as a rock of refuge in all troubles, great or small.

Always serene, patient, and sensible, even to the last; for the time came when this true and faithful servant was removed from among them to receive her reward.
One morning she confessed herself unable to leave her bed; that was the first notice they had.

Doctor Mayford, sent for secretly, visited her.
"Break up of the constitution," said he,--"no organic disease,"-- but shook his head.