And now, Anne,
I am going to beg your pardon for being so excessively rude to
Harriet, as I was last night. She did not mind it, but you did, and
much more than if it had been to yourself.'
'I believe I did,' said Anne; 'other people do not know what you mean
when you set up your bristles, and I do. Besides, I was sorry for
Lucy, who looks as if she had sensitiveness enough for the whole
family.'
'Poor Lucy!' said Elizabeth;
"A weary lot is thine, fair maid,
A weary lot is thine."
Yes, Lucy has very deep feeling; you may see it in the painful
flushing of her cheek, and the downcast look of her eye, when her
mother and sister expose themselves. I really believe that that poor
girl has more to endure than most people.'
'O Lizzie,' said Anne, 'how differently you spoke of her yesterday!'
'Yes,' said Elizabeth, 'but then I was furious with Mrs. Hazleby; and
besides, I believe the truth was, that I was very tired and very
cross, not exactly the way in which I intended to conclude the
Consecration day; and now I am in my senses, I am very sorry I
behaved as I did.
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