Then let by-gones be by-gones; but just assist me now to cure the girl of this folly." "Sir," said the woman, firmly, "it is not folly; it is wisest and best for all; and I can't make up my mind to lift a finger against it." "Do you mean to defy me, then ?" "No, sir.

I don't want to go against you, nor yet against my own conscience, what's left on't.

I have seen a pretty while it must come to this, and I have written to my sister Sally.

She keeps a small hotel at the lakes.

She is ready to have me, and I'm not too old to be useful to her.