with great surprise. She seemed to speak the truth; her

countenance was white and agitated; and she trembled with very

'I have saved you from being ill-used once, and I will again, and

I do now,' continued the girl aloud; 'for those who would have

fetched you, if I had not, would have been far more rough than

me. I have promised for your being quiet and silent; if you are

not, you will only do harm to yourself and me too, and perhaps be

my death. See here! I have borne all this for you already, as