CHAPTER V.
Leah Herrick's Position and Feelings.
I have classed Leah Herrick among the domestics; but her position was rather above that.

She had lived with the Widow Sands, Jethro's aunt, since she had been twelve years old, assisting in the housework, and receiving her board and clothing in return.

Now, at the age of twenty, she was worth more than that recompense; but she still remained on the old terms, as if she were a daughter instead of a servant.
She remained, asking nothing more, because she had made up her mind to be Jethro's wife.

She had a passion for Jethro, and she knew that Jethro reciprocated it.

But his aunt, who was ambitious, wished him to look higher; and therefore did not encourage such an alliance.