"Line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a
little." That is the way habits are formed and characters made; not
all at once. So there had been an opportunity for Susan to grow
confirmed in her kindness and unselfishness, as well as to learn that
tyranny is wrong, even on behalf of the weak; and Bessie, if she
would take home the lesson, had received one in readiness to be
cheerful, and to turn from her own pursuits to oblige others.
Something had been attempted toward breaking her habit of being
fretful, and thinking herself injured. It remained to be seen
whether the many little things that were yet to happen to the two
girls would be so used as to strengthen their good habits or their
bad ones.
CHAPTER VII.
It is not worth while to go on describing every day at Stokesley,
since lessons were far too much alike; and play-times, though varied
enough for the house of Merrifield, might be less entertaining to the
readers.
Enough to say, that by Saturday afternoon John had not only forfeited
his last farthing, but was charged with another into next week, for
the poor pleasure of leaving his hat on the school-room floor because
Elizabeth had told him of it.
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