Page 68 - The Little sister of Wilifred

heart so very soft, that one day in a

weak moment he yielded. It was weak
of him, because he really felt that it

would be better for Peggy first to learn
simple things, bat his consent gave her

such pleasure that he really could not
withdraw it*-

When he took down from his shelf a
Latin grammar, and, opening it before

her, repeated a few words that he said
she might learn, Peggy’s heart nearly

burst with pride.
It was the declension of a Latin noun,

and it may be that he had no idea what
a tremendous task he was setting for his

pupil, or perhaps he thought the ordeal
of learning it would weaken her wish to

study the language. If this was his
plan it did not work as he anticipated,

for Peggy would have studied all night
rather than fail in this lesson. When