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Cousin Bridget.
"And now dear cousin , " said Minna , at length , " you have told me a story , I have a little one to tell you , which I am sure , will interest you , for it is so like your own . 1 know a woman who has two children placed in the same position as you and your sister ; the one loved and petted , and pretty ; the other neglected and dislikedwho would
, be pretty too , were her eyes less red with weeping , ancl her spirits not so broken , giving a sad dejected expression to her otherwise good features . That she is stupid and troublesome I will admit ; but she has a kind , good heart , and good temper . This I have discovered , for I seek for the good in each human being that I knowas I would for gold in a
, mine : I have found this good in her , and am anxious to serve her ; anxious to get her a place in London , that she may be away from the injudicious treatment of her mother , and the contrast between herself and sister , which is , I know , painful to her .
"Now my good , kind , Hesther ( to whom I find I am under still greater obligations , ) is a housekeeper in London , and would take poor Jane as kitchen maid , but I cannot send her without that assistance which has never failed me when I have asked it . Dear cousin , I want funds to dress the poor g irl decentl y to take a place ; is it not a
sad case , now , and worth y assistance ? " "You know , Minna , lean never refuse you anything you ask , but I am sure it is for those Mallets , and you are aware how badl y I think of them , and all the people in the village ; and now I entreat you not to be so kind to them . You do not yet know , my g irl , the misery of meeting with
ingratitude . " " It is for the Mallets , dear , and I do not fear ingratitude ; I do not look for gratitude , I never think of it ; I like to hel p and assist those who are in trouble , because I know it is ri ght : besides , dear , I don ' t think we can accuse our villagers of ingratitude—look at those little attentions to you which are constantly being sent . "
" Yes , child , but they were not always so civil ; they never noticed me till you came . " "Perhaps you never noticed them , dear cousin ; and now you go out more , and speak to them more—beside they know how kind you have been to me , ancl they feel you must indeed deserve respect and attention , if you could so generousl y give a home and protection to a poor orphan . "
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Cousin Bridget.
"And now dear cousin , " said Minna , at length , " you have told me a story , I have a little one to tell you , which I am sure , will interest you , for it is so like your own . 1 know a woman who has two children placed in the same position as you and your sister ; the one loved and petted , and pretty ; the other neglected and dislikedwho would
, be pretty too , were her eyes less red with weeping , ancl her spirits not so broken , giving a sad dejected expression to her otherwise good features . That she is stupid and troublesome I will admit ; but she has a kind , good heart , and good temper . This I have discovered , for I seek for the good in each human being that I knowas I would for gold in a
, mine : I have found this good in her , and am anxious to serve her ; anxious to get her a place in London , that she may be away from the injudicious treatment of her mother , and the contrast between herself and sister , which is , I know , painful to her .
"Now my good , kind , Hesther ( to whom I find I am under still greater obligations , ) is a housekeeper in London , and would take poor Jane as kitchen maid , but I cannot send her without that assistance which has never failed me when I have asked it . Dear cousin , I want funds to dress the poor g irl decentl y to take a place ; is it not a
sad case , now , and worth y assistance ? " "You know , Minna , lean never refuse you anything you ask , but I am sure it is for those Mallets , and you are aware how badl y I think of them , and all the people in the village ; and now I entreat you not to be so kind to them . You do not yet know , my g irl , the misery of meeting with
ingratitude . " " It is for the Mallets , dear , and I do not fear ingratitude ; I do not look for gratitude , I never think of it ; I like to hel p and assist those who are in trouble , because I know it is ri ght : besides , dear , I don ' t think we can accuse our villagers of ingratitude—look at those little attentions to you which are constantly being sent . "
" Yes , child , but they were not always so civil ; they never noticed me till you came . " "Perhaps you never noticed them , dear cousin ; and now you go out more , and speak to them more—beside they know how kind you have been to me , ancl they feel you must indeed deserve respect and attention , if you could so generousl y give a home and protection to a poor orphan . "