Roberts' directions; she had tried
on the neat bonnet which had been manufactured for her by Mrs. Roberts'
own fingers, and, altogether, Sallie had probably gotten, during these
two days, more enjoyment out of Gough's lecture than many others, who
had heard him a dozen times, ever secured. I do not think it any wonder
that, as she rocked and sewed, and thought out her great thought, there
fell tears on the work she was doing.
CHAPTER XXIV.
"FOR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY COME."
This was the thought: Suppose Dirk Colson should want to take his
sister. Sallie did not believe it in the least probable; she had not
that amount of faith in Dirk Colson; but suppose he should, Mart could
not go, for the reason that she would have nothing to wear.
And here was Sallie's pretty cape, which would cover the worst of her
dress, and her pretty bonnet, which she knew would make a picture of
Mart; but if she lent them it meant staying at home to Sallie.
_Could_ she do it? Could she bear to think of such a thing? What
would Mark say? What would he do with his other ticket?
Would she be likely ever to have another chance to go to that wonderful
hall, and be like other folks?
But _Mart_ had never been anywhere in her life.
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