If you'll believe me, ladies, she came in as humble as you please, and quite willing to go back to her work in a quiet spirit.

'Sarah,' I said to her in the morning, 'you'll rue this day,' and she did rue it, and to some purpose, or she wouldn't have returned so sharp in the evening.

She's a good girl, taking her all in all, is Sarah, and being my own niece, of course I put up with a few things from her which I would not take from a stranger." "She spoke pretty sharp this morning about you, Mrs.Flint, to my continual reader," said Mrs.Mortlock; "I wouldn't take no airs, if I was you, from Sarah Maria.

Miss Slowcum, I'll trouble you for the pepper, please.

Seeing that I'm afflicted, and cannot now use my eyesight, I think there might be a little consideration in the small matter of pepper shown to me, but feel as I will I can find it in no way handy.