Page 172 - The Little sister of Wilifred

Barbarina harnessed instead of Prince

Edward, or better than that'— much

better—- Wilifred might come and re­
lease her: for she did not believe that

Wilifred would stay long with Mrs,

Bagley. She strolled out to the road,
and, weak as she was, walked to the

spot where the violets grew, hoping

Wilifred might be waiting for her there,

bat no Wilifred was to be seen. How
she longed for courage to present her­

self in her borrowed plumes to Mrs,

Bagley, and tell her the awful truth ;

but after thinking awhile of her prob­
able reception she walked back to Del-

haven. T he poor little thing had not

resolution enough to extricate herself
from the situation Wilifred’s persistence

had forced her into, and. she could only

bear it with her usual patience.

So the moments flew by, and soon