Don't sit up, Faith, to-night!" "Thurstan, it's no use talking, for I shall; and, if you go on opposing me, I dare say I shall attack your back, and put a blister on it.

Do tell me what that 'hardly any' means.

Besides, to set you quite at ease, you know I have never seen mountains before, and they fill me and oppress me so much that I could not sleep; I must keep awake this first night, and see that they don't fall on the earth and overwhelm it.

And now answer my questions about yourself." Miss Benson had the power, which some people have, of carrying her wishes through to their fulfilment; her will was strong, her sense was excellent, and people yielded to her--they did not know why.
Before ten o'clock she reigned sole power and potentate in Ruth's little chamber.

Nothing could have been better devised for giving her an interest in the invalid.