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er. After luncheon, Miss Mary got out a book and placed it before May, and begged her to read from it. By the way May endeavoured to spell out the words Miss Mary discovered that she had made but very little progress in her education. "Please, I think I could say my lessons better in the Bible if I could find the verses father teaches me," said May, with perfect honesty. Miss Mary rang to obtain Susan's assistance, and May asked her to find the Sermon on the Mount. May read out nearly the whole of the first chapter, with a peculiar tone and pronunciation, which she had learned from honest Adam, following the words with her finger. "I rather think, my little maid, that you know the verses by heart," observed Miss Mary. "Oh, yes," answered May, naively, "I could not read them without; but I will try and learn more before I next come." Miss Mary was, however, inclined to advise her not to make the attempt, as she would learn to pronounce the words with the accent which sounded so harsh to her ears. "But, however pronounced, they are God's words," she thought to herself. "I should not prevent her learning even a verse from His book. She will soon gain the right pronunciation from educated people." The time passed as pleasantly with Miss Mary as with May herself. At length Susan appeared to say that a fisher-lad, one of Dame Halliburt's sons, had come to fetch the little girl. "Who is it?" asked Miss Mary. "Oh, it is sure to be brother Jacob, the rest have gone out with father," answered May. Jacob was desired to walk in. He stood in the hall, hat in hand, watching the door of the drawing-room, through which Susan had intimated May would appear. As soon as she saw him she ran forward and took both of his hands, pleasure beaming on her countenance. He stooped down and kissed her. "Are you ready to come with me, Maidy May?" he asked; "you don't want to stop away from us with the ladies here, do you?" "Oh, no, no, Jacob!" answered May, holding him tightly by the hand; "I don't want to leave father or mother or you; I will go back with you as soon as you like." Miss Mary overheard the latter part of the conversation as she followed May out of the drawing-room. "I hear, my good lad, that you have been very kind to the little girl; and pray understand that we do not wish to rob you of her; and if we ask her to come up here, it will only be to help you in teaching her to read, as I underst
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