"
"No," said Patience, "we can't but have her, as the gentleman said,
for the love of God. He has taken care of us, so we ought to take
care of the fatherless--like ourselves."
"That's right, Patience," said Steadfast, much relieved in his mind,
"and see here!"
"I wonder you took that, Stead, and the poor gentlemen so ill off
themselves."
"Well, Patience, I thought if you would not have her, Goody Grace
might for the pay, but then who knows when any more may come?"
"Aye," said Patience, "we must keep her, though she will be a
handful. Anyway, all this must be laid out for her, and the first
chance I have, some shall be in decent clothes. I can't a-bear to
see her in those dirty gewgaws."
CHAPTER XIII.
GODLY VENN'S TROOP.
"Ye abbeys and ye arches,
Ye old cathedrals dear,
The hearts that love you tremble,
And your enemies have cheer."
BP. CLEVELAND COXE.
"What would Jeph say?" was the thought of both Steadfast and Patience,
as Emlyn ran about with Rusha and Ben, making herself tolerably happy
and enlivening them all a good deal.
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