And don't say 'no,' because you think it will be too much for me to do, for I should love to educate and train a little girl in the way _I_ think she should be trained.
It will be for me a most interesting experience.

Now, Jessie, what do you say?
Would you like to come to school with me ?" "Like it!" Neither Jessie nor her grandparents could find words to say how much they would like it, nor how grateful they were to Miss Barley; but at the same time they did feel it was too much for them to accept of her.

Before, though, they had found words to express their feeling, or had stammered out half their thanks, the sound of the church bells came floating up across the fields, a signal to them all to part.
"I must fly," cried Miss Grace.

"Do you think I can _run_ through the lanes without shocking any one?
I must go home before I go to church, or my sister will be quite alarmed," and away she hurried as fast as she could.
Patience had only time to carry in the tea-things, and leave them to wash on her return, for she had herself and Jessie to dress and get ready.
They were in time though, after all, for their feet kept pace with their happy thoughts and busy tongues, and there was no lingering on the way that evening..