My
room must stay empty and bare, because I have no money to make it full
and beautiful. And do you think that I would ask those-- those who
sent me here-- to add one feather's weight to their cares and
expenses, to give me money to buy beautiful things because I am afraid
of you? No, I should be awfully afraid to do that; but I am not afraid
of you."
Priscilla opened the drawer of her bureau and put her little light
purse back again in its hiding-place.
"Good night, Miss Peel," said Miss Day in a thin, small kind of voice.
"Good night, Miss Peel," said Miss Marsh. The girls went gently out of
the room. They closed the door behind them, without making any noise.
Nancy Banister remained behind. She came up to Priscilla and kissed
her.
"You are brave," she said. "I admire you. I-- I-- am proud of you. I
am glad to know that a girl like you has come to live here."
"Don't-- don't," said poor Prissie. Her little burst of courage had
deserted her. She covered her face with her trembling hands. She did
not want Nancy Banister to see that her eyes were full of tears.
CHAPTER VII
IN MISS OLIPHANT'S ROOM
"MY dear," said Nancy Banister that same evening-- "my dear and
beloved Maggie, we have both been guilty of a huge mistake.
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