will be at peace in your mind, and never have any more foolish
quarrels, in which you all get nothing but blows and uneasiness.



Miss Sukey began now to find, that Miss Jenny was in the right,
and she herself in the wrong; but yet she was so proud she would
not own it. Nothing could be so foolish as this pride; because it
would have been both good and wise in her to confess the truth the
moment she saw it. However, Miss Jenny was so discreet as not to
press her any farther that night; but begged her to consider
seriously on what she had said, and to let her know her thoughts
the next morning and then left her.

When Miss Sukey was alone she stood some time in great confusion.
She could not help seeing how much hitherto she had been in the
wrong; and that thought stung her to the heart. She cried,
stamped, and was in as great an agony as if some sad misfortune
had befallen her. At last, when she had somewhat vented her
passion by tears, she burst forth into the following speech:

'It is very true what Miss Jenny Peace says; for I am always
uneasy. I don't sleep in quiet because I am always thinking,
either that I have not my share of what is given us, or that I
cannot be revenged on any of the girls that offend me. And when I
quarrel with them, I am scratched and bruised; or reproached. And
what do I get by all this? Why, I scratch, bruise, and reproach
them in my turn. Is not that gain enough? I warrant I hurt them
as much as they hurt me. But then indeed, as Miss Jenny says, if
I could make these girls my friends, and did not wish to hurt