It must be fate, though, as well as our bad managing, for I've never before known Jabez post a letter when he was told to; but he must have gone right down to the post at once with the one to Aunt Pike that sealed all our fates.

If he hadn't I do believe I could have got father not to send it, or at least to give us another chance." Fanny shook her head solemnly.

"It do seem like it," she groaned.
"What has happened while I have been out, Fanny?
Has Betty been rude to Emily ?" "Well, you see, Miss Kitty," said Fanny, anxious to tell, but softened sufficiently to wish to make the best of the matter, "Miss Betty is so tackless.

Emily's temper really wasn't so bad till Miss Betty kep' on with her.

So soon as Emily had put the things on the table for supper, Miss Betty 'd bring them all out again one by one, and put them down before Emily, and every time she'd say, in that way she's got, 'Emily, that glass is filthy; you must wash it at once.