"And what will you do now?" asked Nora.
"Get out of this place as soon as we can. It is often hard to go back to the right path; but it may always be done,—or at least attempted."
"It seems to me that I take misery with me wherever I go," said Mrs. Trevelyan.
"My dear, it has not been your fault," said Mrs. Stanbury.
"I do not like to blame my brother," said Priscilla, "because he has done his best to be good to us all;—and the punishment will fall heaviest upon him, because he must pay for it."
"He should not be allowed to pay a shilling," said Mrs. Trevelyan.
Then the morning came, and at seven o'clock the two sisters, with the nurse and child, started for Lessboro' Station in Mrs. Crocket's open carriage, the luggage having been sent on in a cart. There were many tears shed, and any one looking at the party would have thought that very dear friends were being torn asunder.
"Mother," said Priscilla, as soon as the parlour door was shut, and the two were alone together, "we must take care that we never are brought again into such a mistake as that. They who protect the injured should be strong themselves."