“ForthefirstdayortwoIthoughtsheneverwouldgetoverit；shesaiditwasajudgementuponher，andwentonaboutthingsasshehadsaidanddonemanyyearsago，beforeyourpaknewher，andI
don’tknowwhatshedidn’tsayorwouldn’thavesaidonlyIstoppedher；sheseemedoutofhermindlike，andsaidthatnoneoftheneighbourswouldeverspeaktoheragain，butthenextdayMrsBushbyherthatwasMissCowey，youknowcalled，andyourmaalwayswassofondofher，anditseemedtodoherapowero’good，forthenextdayshewentthroughallherdresses，andwesettledhowsheshouldhavethemaltered；andthenalltheneighbourscalledformilesandmilesround，andyourmacameinhere，andsaidshehadbeengoingthroughthewatersofmisery，andtheLordhadturnedthemtoawell。
“’Ohyes，Susan，’saidshe，’besureitisso。WhomtheLordlovethhechasteneth，Susan，’andhereshebegantocryagain。’Asforhim，’shewenton，’hehasmadehisbed，andhemustlieonit；whenhecomesoutofprisonhispawillknowwhatisbesttobedone，andMasterErnestmaybethankfulthathehasapasogoodandsolong-
suffering。’
“Thenwhenyouwouldnotseethem，thatwasacruelblowtoyourma。