She wrote the initials of her, name, M.B., in the same small hand, on the opposite corner.
Mary Erskine did not attempt _her_ lesson until the evening.

She finished her work about the house a little after eight o'clock, and then she undressed the children and put them to bed.

By this time it was nearly nine o'clock.

The day had been warm and pleasant, but the nights at this season were cool, and Mary Erskine put two or three dry sticks upon the fire, before she commenced her work, partly for the warmth, and partly for the cheerfulness of the blaze.
She lighted her lamp, and sat down at her work-table, with Mary Bell's copy, and her pen, ink, and paper, before her.

The copy had been pinned up in sight all the day, and she had very often examined it, when passing it, in going to and fro at her work.