"About servant-maids I does," said Peggy, looking up with a bright light in her eyes.
"You like that, do you? Why? You are not in service yet, are you?"
"No, teacher. I live with aunt, and does for her."
"Then you ought to be a happy little girl to have a comfortable home, and not have to go out and earn your own living. Maids-of-all work have a miserable time; you need not wish to be one of them."
"But I wants to get into a good place with real nice ladies!" said Peggy earnestly.
Miss Gregory shook her head.
"You would have a lot to learn before you could do that."
"But the girl in the Bible went right into a lovely place. You said her mistress was great and rich. I'd like to wait on a lady like that!"
Miss Gregory smiled, as she noted Peggy's downtrodden aspect.
"Well," she said, "perhaps one day you'll go into service, and if it is a shop, you can serve God as well there as in a palace. Don't wait for great things, but be faithful in small. Now follow the others into church. I am coming."