? ? ? ? 'A deceitful, bad-hearted girl,' said Mrs. Joram. 'There was no good in her, ever!'
? ? ? ? 'Don't say so,' I returned. 'You don't think so.'
? ? ? ? 'Yes, I do!' cried Mrs. Joram, angrily.
? ? ? ? 'No, no,' said I.
? ? ? ? Mrs. Joram tossed her head, endeavouring to be very stern and cross; but she could not command her softer self, and began to cry. I was young, to be sure; but I thought much the better of her for this sympathy, and fancied it became her, as a virtuous wife and mother, very well indeed.
? ? ? ? 'What will she ever do!' sobbed Minnie. 'Where will she go! What will become of her! Oh, how could she be so cruel, to herself and him!'
? ? ? ? I remembered the time when Minnie was a young and pretty girl; and I was glad she remembered it too, so feelingly.
? ? ? ? 'My little Minnie,' said Mrs. Joram, 'has only just now been got to sleep. Even in her sleep she is sobbing for Em'ly. All day long, little Minnie has cried for her, and asked me, over and over again, whether Em'ly was wicked? What can I say to her, when Em'ly tied a ribbon off her own neck round little Minnie's the last night she was here, and laid her head down on the pillow beside her till she was fast asleep! The ribbon's round my little Minnie's neck now.
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