She has made a
promise now, however, which she is not likely to break; and Will says
proudly that no one ever had such a wife as his Bet.
Hester was always a Bohemian, and will doubtless remain so to the end.
She still sings to the children, and the old people, and the sorrowful.
She won't sell her gift; therefore she is likely to remain in so-called
poverty for the remainder of her days. In reality, however, she is
rich; for a crown of love rests on her brow, and warms her heart.
"I'd rayther," she says now and then, in close confidence, to Bet-"I'd
rayther be just what I am-a singer of the slums-than be the greatest
lady in the land."
This statement may be difficult to believe, but in Hester's case it
is literally true.
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