She was thoroughly well-meaning, like the rest of her family, and finding her little mistress dwell in the same atmosphere, the desire to be acceptable to her awoke at once, and grew rapidly in her heart.

She was the youngest of Janet's girls, about four years older than Donal, not clever, but as sweet as honest, and full of divine service.

Always ready to think others better than herself, the moment she saw the still face of Ginevra, she took her for a little saint, and accepted her as a queen, whose will to her should be law.

Ginevra, on her part, was taken with the healthy hue and honest eyes of the girl, and neither felt any dislike to her touching her hair, nor lost her temper when she was awkward and pulled it.

Before the winter was over, the bond between them was strong.
One principal duty required of Nicie--her parents had named her after the mother of St.