Many of the verses her sister had marked were familiar to Cordelia, for,as Annie had requested, she had been allowed to take the little Biblewhen in thoughtful mood, maybe when kept within doors on a stormySunday evening. She had read them often, asking explanation of thehard words from the teachers, and had learned a number of the simplestones in preparation for her own admission to the King's DaughtersCircle, which would be before long, she had hoped.

"Here is one about the tongue, that has the straight marks Helen made,and Annie's cross behind it. This I always have not learned to say."