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“Here’s poor Mammy!” said Eva. “She does love the Bible so much, and wishes so she could read! And what will she do when I can’t read to her?” Marie was busy, turning over the contents of a drawer, as she answered, “Well, of course, by and bye, Eva, you will have other things to think of, be- sides reading the Bible round to servants. Not but that is very proper; I’ve done it myself, when I had health. But when you come to be dressing and going into com- pany, you won’t have time. See here!” she added, “these jewels I’m going to give you when you come out. I wore them to my first ball. I can tell you, Eva, I made a sensation.” Eva took the jewel-case, and lifted from it a diamond necklace. Her large, thoughtful eyes rested on them, but it was plain her thoughts were elsewhere. “How sober you look, child!” said Marie. “Are these worth a great deal of money, mamma?” “To be sure they are. Father sent to France for them. They are worth a small fortune.” “I wish I had them,” said Eva “to do what I pleased with!” “What would you do with them?” “I’d sell them, and buy a place in the free states, and take all our people there, and hire teachers, to teach them to read and write.” Eva was cut short by her mother’s laughing. |
