As a rule the girls do not go to bed till nine o'clock." Hetty shuddered as she looked at the needle-work which was prepared for her.

In her eyes it was only a new instrument of torture.

She did not even know how to hold a needle; she did not want to know.

Mrs.Rushton had never been seen sewing; it was only the maids who had any occasion to sew.
"I hate sewing," said Hetty despairingly.
"Then you must learn to like it," said Miss Davis briskly; "little girls are not allowed to hate anything that is useful, especially little girls who must look forward to providing for themselves in the world by their own exertions.

But go to bed now.