Then, too, Camilla's quiet persistence in her own employment gave a delightful sense of equality and dignity to the child.

She would not have liked it half as well had her aunt stooped to entertain her and brought out toys and games for her amusement.
However, there was entertainment to come, to which she looked forward with gratification, as that placed her firmly on the footing of an honored guest.

The minister's daughter or the doctor's wife could not be treated better or with more courtesy.
Aunt Camilla wrote with pensive pauses of reflection, and Lucina knitted until her stent was finished.

Then she folded up the garter neatly, quilted in the needles as she had been taught, and placed it in her little bag.

Then she took up her doll protectingly and soothingly, and held her in her lap, with the great china head against her small bosom.