I wish there were more young ladies brought up like--" "Like boys!" said Hilary, laughing, "for I always used to say that was my case." "No, I never desire to see young women made into men." And Miss Balquidder seemed a little scandalized.

"But I do wish girls were taught fewer accomplishments, and more reading, writing, and arithmetic; were made as accurate, orderly, and able to help themselves as boys are.

But to business.

Will you take the management of my stationer's shop ?" Hilary's breath came hard and fast.

Much as she had longed for work, to get this sort of work--to keep a stationer's shop?
What would her sisters say?
what would he say! But she dared not think of that just now.
"How much should I be able to earn, do you think ?" Miss Balquidder considered a moment, and then said, rather shortly, for it was not exactly acting on her own principles; she knew the pay was above the work.