3/12 Caton pawb! you are only twenty now You have your life before you; you may marry, child, in spite of all that has happened." "_Nance!_" said Valmai, and the depth of reproach and even injury in her voice made plain to Nance that she must never suggest such a thing again. But where shall I find my sister? Somewhere in the loft--" and Nance looked up at the brown rafters. "I haven't seen it for twenty years, but it's sure to be there, I remember, then somebody wrote it out for me, and I tied it up with a packet of other papers. They are in an old teapot on the top of the wall under the thatch, just there, my child, over the door. |