'O yes, do read it, manna,' said Linda.
Katie said nothing, but she would have preferred that Charley should have read it himself.
'Well, if I can,' said Mrs. Woodward.
'Snape says I write the worst hand in all Somerset House,' said Charley; 'but still I think you'll be able to manage it.'
'I hate that Mr. Snape,' said Katie, sotto voce. And then Mrs. Woodward unrolled the manuscript and began her task.
CHAPTER XXII. — CRINOLINE AND MACASSAR; OR, MY AUNT'S WILL
'Well, Linda was right,' said Mrs. Woodward, 'it does begin with poetry.'
'It's only a song,' said Charley, apologetically—'and after all there is only one verse of that'—and then Mrs. Woodward began