'Oh, no!' said Jane, 'when we were about old "Russell," we did not
begin till nearly two, but since we have been reading this book, Lily
will never let us rest till we begin; she walks up and down, and
hurries and worries and--'

'Yes,' said Emily, in a murmuring voice, 'we should do better if Lily
would not make such a point of that one thing; but she never minds
what else is cut short, and she never thinks of helping me. It never
seems to enter her head how much I have on my hands, and no one does
anything to help me.'

'Oh, Emily! you never asked me,' said Lily.

'I knew you would not like it,' said Emily. 'No, it is not my way to
complain, people may see how to help me if they choose to do it.'

'Lily, Lily, take care,' said Claude, in a low voice; 'is not the
rule you admire, the rule of love of yourself?'

'Oh, Claude!' returned Lily, 'do not say so, you know it was Emily
that I called an example of it, not myself, and see how forbearing
she has been. Now I see that I am really wanted, I will help. It
must be love, not duty, that calls me to the schoolroom, for no one
ever said that was my province.'

'Poor duty! you give it a very narrow boundary.'

Lilias, who, to say the truth, had been made more careful of her own
conduct, by the wish to establish her principle, really betook