Mamma will think if so strange." "Why, dearest, if I saw Nancy carrying it up this slope I would take it from her.

It would be strange if a man did not carry it for any woman.
But you must let me tell your mother of my right to help you.

If is your dinner-time is it not?
I may come in to dinner as one of the family may not I Maggie ?" "No" she said softly.

For she longed to be alone; and she dreaded being overwhelmed by the expression of her mother's feelings, weak and agitated as she felt herself.

"Not to-day." "Not to-day!" said he reproachfully.