I never recollect an instance in which a domestic opposed my mother or failed to obey, cheerfully, any request.

And we have had several in our house, within my recollection.

At least half a dozen." "Half a dozen! Oh, dear! We have half a dozen a month sometimes! But come, let us go up to my room; I have some new prints to show you.
They are exquisite.

My father bought them for me last week." The two young ladies ascended to Helen's chamber in the third story.
But the book of prints was not to be found there.

"It is in the parlor, I recollect now," said Helen, ringing the bell as she spoke, with a quick, strong jerk.
In about three or four minutes, and just as the young lady's patience was exhausted and her fingers were beginning to itch for another pull at the bell rope, the tardy waiting women appeared.
"Hannah--Go down into the parlor, and bring me off of the piano a book you will find there.