You must take care not to vex her, Elizabeth; and you must never answer her back again, however sharply she speaks.

It is not your business; you are only a child, and she is your mistress." "Is her?
I thought it was this 'un." The subdued clouding of Elizabeth's face, and her blunt pointing to Miss Leaf as "this 'un." were too much for Hilary's gravity She was obliged to retreat to the press, and begin an imaginary search for a book.
"Yes, I am the eldest, and I suppose you may consider me specially as your mistress," said Johanna, simply." "Remember always to come to me in any difficulty; and above all, to tell me every thing outright, as soon as it happens.

I can forgive you almost any fault, if you are truthful and honest; but there is one thing I never could forgive, and that is deception.

Now go with Miss Hilary, and she will teach you how to make the porridge for supper." Elizabeth obeyed silently; she had apparently a great gift for silence.

And she was certainly both obedient and willing; not stupid, either, though a nervousness of temperament which Hilary was surprised to find in so big and coarse-looking a girl, made her rather awkward at first.