Nobody

ntle warmth filling the farmhouse kitchen. The farmhouse was not very large, neither by consequence was the kitchen; however, it was more than ordinarily pleasant to look at, becau

the look of the face and air of the person, one could see that the hard work was over. The hands were bony, thin, enlarged at the joints, so as age and long rough usage make them, but quiet hands now; and the face was steady and calm, with no haste or restlessness upon it any more, if ever there had been, but a very sweet and gracious repose. It was a hard-featured countenance; it had never been handsome; only the beauty of sense and character it had, and the dignity of a well-lived life. Something more too; some thing of a more noble calm than even the fairest retrospect can give; a more

gone a good

. Too long, d

. That depends on w

now what I stayed for. I sup

nter th

ough to know. It all looks and feels

ooks st

I have been living in such a different world till my eyes

r letters didn't tell." The old lady spoke with a certai

cause I had it not myself. I had got accustomed to that, you see; and I did n

ha

o that you can understand! It was

eve in no Ara

's servants go about almost like fairies; they are hardly seen or heard, but the work is done. And you never have to think about it; you go out, and come home to find dinner ready, and capital

sorry to be

about, but I think I enjoyed it quite long enough. It is tim

has been

ow. O yes! I am glad to be home, grandma." Her hand n

ve just right

ed, gr

that he

good for always; but I was there only for a li

be called 'a little while.' Ain't it a dangerous ki

to what,

! To want to

the withered one, so that her wavy hair brushed it caressingly. Per

is, if it made you want t

them. And your dinner is the first thing. Madge

ght they'd make one job of it. They didn't know you was comin' to-day, and they th

or your dinner?" said

ere's nothi

ar. They didn't c

id Lois, laughing; "but the

make tea biscuits a

ll do th

, and the cutter and rolling pin still at work producing more. Then the fire was made up, and the tin baker set in front of the blaze, charged with a panful f

is nice to have you all alone for t

Mrs. Saddler's been to

come home. I

generation passeth away, and another generat

ear of the things t

o hear of the thi

es; at least it is as different in d

some's hot," obs

he fruits are different; and the animals; and the country

the same," said the

They are as different as they can

so the heart of man to man.' Be the

though they are different too; q

ow

ashing the dishes; baking the rest of the tea-cakes; cleansing and putting away the baker; preparing flour for next day's bread-making; making her own bed and putting her room in order; doing work in the dairy which Madge was not a

fe from what I have been living. You can't think, grandma

was

awing-room, doing nothing but play

g to you? Warn't M

he was

he talk to

could not avoid the thought that Mr. Dillwyn's long stay and co

ay," said Mrs. Armadal

ed to go away. I think

odd too, s

u like to t

o talk about; but somehow he see

uch to ta

and seen everything; and he is a man of sense, to care for the things that are

he? A yo

O, he is an old fri

m best of all th

I hardly know him, in fac

e the o

ers, gran

ople that you

dies, among them Mrs.

m," remarked Mrs. Armadale. "Didn

said Loi

one that y

mother; several;

of c

ot have much to do with them; but ther

was

ave much to do with him; only he was there pr

a real g

e is not a Christia

e pleased

say so, g

n the tone of

e that you would call godly people never came there at all. I

s silenc

there ain't one godly one among 'em," Mrs.

they ta

nd this party and that party. I can't tell you, grandma. There seemed no end of talk; and yet it did not

in't a Ch

N

one? the on

N

ou've come

a, and so am

man maunt have nothin' to do

grandma. We cannot help seei

aid that way," s

to do, then,

lady, suddenly sitting upri

ut-w

yoke with one that

s, don'

ind you

in this case," said Lois, half laughing, yet a lit

what they was

rent from them; I am not of their world; and I am not e

fe to have your armour on, and keep out o' temptation. Tell

t be able to he

you'll never marr

not thinking

s the Lord's

," Lois answered

from following me, that they may serve other gods.' I've seen it, Lois, over and over agin. I've been a woman-or a man-witched away and dragged do

etimes work t

is, that proves, that the ungodly one of the two has the most power; and what he has he's like to

grandma," Lois a

rds in Corint

ellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

't them wo

lain, g

ye min

ndma; by

n' I'd rather have you suffer heartbreak follerin' the Lord, than goin' t'ot

o you while I h

tly; but Madge don't care, and

lly it was a small portion, talked over if they had time, and if not, then thought over by the old lady all the remainder of the day or evening, as th

ll I read

n't go

efore Lois, and she read the words follow

in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and to

with the quiet calm of the end of a work day and listening; the other young, blooming, fresh, lovely, with a wealth of youthful charms about her, be

the world, alongside o

o I, gran

ns and daughters has got to

ome w

folks, but they've got to be separa

s easy in a place like

I was getting

. Only, where the way is very

e' always, grandma, in t

Walk with him; and you'll be pretty sur

me head, crowned with graceful locks of luxuriant light brown hair, and a face of winning pleasantness, and eyes that looked eagerly into her eyes. It came up now before her, this vision, with a certain sense of something lost. Not that she had ever reckoned that image as a thing won; as belonging, or ever possibly to belong, to herself; for Lois never had such a thought for a moment