You will remember that her Christian life had been always
unconventional. The very fact that during her early girlhood she had
been painfully trammelled by what "they" would say or think, seemed to
have had its influence over her later experiences. Since she had been
made free, she would be free, indeed; that is, with the liberty with
which Christ makes us free. What would please _Him_ she resolved
should be the one thought to which she would give careful attention.
Now, it is perhaps worthy of mention, that this closely following
disciple did not once stop to determine whether it would please Him to
give such tender care to this stray child of His, or whether she would
be considered doing not just the thing, in _His_ eyes, if she
entertained her in the pink room.
About what He could have her do next, she gave much thought. And it was
not for days, or rather weeks, that she caught the possibility of His
meaning that the pink room should really be the girl's own.
It was just this way. The weeks went by, and no plan for settling Mart
comfortably elsewhere met Mrs. Roberts' approval. There was constantly
some excellent reason why the one mentioned would not do.
Meantime they became, she and Gracie Dennis, more and more deeply
interested in Mart.
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