I am not sure that it is right to let ourselves be unhappy about any thing, even the worst of troubles.

But I must hurry home now.

It is growing late." "Mrs.Philbrick," exclaimed Stephen, earnestly: "please come into the house, and speak to my mother a moment.

You don't know how she has been looking forward to your coming." "Oh, no, I cannot possibly do that," replied Mercy.

"There is no reason why I should call on your mother, merely because we are going to live in the same house." "But I assure you," persisted Stephen, "that it will give her the greatest pleasure.