"It's only ten o'clock.

Captain Shadrach and I was goin' to bed and we looked in to see if you was all right, that's all.

You must go right to sleep again, dearie." "Yes, sir," said Mary-'Gusta, obediently.

Then she added, "I said my prayers to myself but I'll say 'em to you if you want me to." The embarrassed Captain would have protested, but the girl's mind seemed to be made up.
"I guess I will say 'em again," she said.

"There's somethin' in 'em maybe you'd ought to hear." She closed her eyes.