Ruth Becomes a Governess in Mr Bradshaw's Family One afternoon, not long after this, Mr and Miss Benson set off to call upon a farmer, who attended the chapel, but lived at some distance from the town.

They intended to stay to tea if they were invited, and Ruth and Sally were left to spend a long afternoon together.

At first, Sally was busy in her kitchen, and Ruth employed herself in carrying her baby out into the garden.

It was now nearly a year since she came to the Bensons'; it seemed like yesterday, and yet as if a lifetime had gone between.

The flowers were budding now, that were all in bloom when she came down, on the first autumnal morning, into the sunny parlour.