"You'll do it, then?"
"Do it? Won't I do it? Why, I never thought I'd 'ave sech a chance."
"You will have to be respectably dressed, Sophy, hands and face nice and clean, and hair very tidy. How long in the morning will it take you to do that?"
"You git me the clothes and I won't keep yer waiting. I'll give myself a good scrub to-night."
"I've only one fear for you," I said, "which you won't mind my mentioning. Going as a girl in a respectable position, your language might draw suspicion upon you. I can't see a way out of that difficulty."
"I can," said Sophy, with a merry twinkle. "Why should I speak at all? Let me go as a dumb gal. It'll be more than ever they can manage to git a word out of me if I was there for a year."
I looked at her admiringly. Her sharp wits had solved a problem which had greatly perplexed me.
"You are sure you will not be afraid, Sophy?"
"Not a bit afraid; I shall enjoy it. It'll be a reg'lar game."
"Very well, then. You can sleep upon it to-night, and if you alter your mind you can let me know. I shall sleep here myself, and shall be up early in the morning. There will be a great deal to do, and no time must be lost. Goodnight. Say nothing to your aunt."