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316. SKETCHES.
myself asked a favor of them and have been refused, get-
ting well moralized by Lady Helena into the bargain. Not
true! I ought to know it best, who have had a step-daugh-
ter in their service. Not true! very well, go to them, go
to them, and you will see yourself whether I tell any
stories. You will be shown the door, as well as others.
Go! go!”
“ Had not ” — the stranger asked in a tone of deep dejec-
tion — “had not the Ladies L—— a sister?”
“Yes, certainly; but she has been absent many years,
and I would not advise her to return to her sisters, unless
she were very wealthy or married to some Prince, for other-
wise they won’t acknowledge her. They are very proud
women; they associate only with grand folks, and live in
style. They have a ball to-night.”
“To-night!” said the stranger.
“Yes, and they have one every Sunday night; I say
nothing, I; but still I think that on the Lord’s day one
ought ” —
The stranger here interrupted her, peremptorily desiring
to be furnished with writing materials and a candle, and to
get a messenger, who would for payment undertake to go
at once to Werna.
“Oh, certainly!” replied the landlady, with a taunting
‘sneer, “I won’t be in the way of your fortune.”
A quarter of an hour afterwards, the stranger sat beside
a wretched candle, writing in feverish haste. The faint
light fell upon her pale and sunken cheeks. She was the
very image of suffering.
The messenger, Mother Bengta, was now ready to go to
Werna, to which place she also had an errand on her own
account, and the last bank-note was transferred from the
1 Excuse me, my good woman, you ao tell a story, and a friend of truth
must here bear witness, that you look upon the sisters at Werna in such a
dark light only because they refused your request to become security for
one of your sons, who wished to set up in business as a tradesman, but who
was well known to be a guod-for-nothing fellow.
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