I could not refuse her; but this time, I
must own, I got well paid for being obliging, for after I had done,
she said in her most good-natured way: "Here, you shall take home with
you some of this nice pie, and this bottle of good wine, and have a
comfortable supper with your sister." So she always calls you,
madame,' added Margaret, while complacently glancing at the basket,
the contents of which she now laid out upon the table. 'As I believe
it is safest for you, I do not undeceive her, though it is easily
known she cannot have looked very close at us, or she might have seen
that I could only be the servant of so noble-looking a lady'----
The feeble voice interrupted her: 'My servant!--you my servant! when,
instead of rewarding your services, I allow you to toil for my
support, and to lavish upon me the most tender, the most devoted
affection! My poor Margaret! you who have undertaken for me at your
age, and with your infirmities, daily and arduous toil, are you not
indeed a sister of whom I may well be proud? Your nobility has a
higher origin than mine.
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