"The time will come when we shall be able to see each other freely the whole day long.

You must not fret." "Oh," replied the girl, shaking her head, "you are very hopeful.

For my part I sometimes feel very sad.

It isn't the hard work which grieves me; on the contrary, I am often very glad of my uncle's severity, and the tasks he sets me.

He was quite right to make me a peasant girl; I should perhaps have turned out badly, for, do you know, Silvere, there are moments when I fancy myself under a curse.