'You did, Ellen, you did; but still I know how hard it is for you to

hould out against the persecution you suffer at home
'You did, Ellen, you did; but still I know how hard it is for you to
hould out against the persecution you suffer at home. No, no, Ellen
dear, I never doubted you for one minute. All I wondher at is, that such
a girl as you ever could think of one so humble as I am, compared to
what you"d have a right to expect an" could get.'