After dinner the sisters sat down to work, and Nellie coaxed Ada to get a few stitches done to her clothes, so that before night they might be placed in the box. And with the promise of locking the box and having something to show for their pains, quite a nice heap of things were finished off. And when Ada went to bed, she felt very well satisfied with herself.
That night, as Nellie sat turning over the leaves of her Bible after she had read her usual chapter, her eyes fell upon these words: "'I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me;'" and she thought how true they had been to her that day.
"What are you reading?" asked Ada sleepily from her comfortable bed.
"'I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,'" answered Nellie thoughtfully.
"Through Christ's strength?" thought Ada dreamily. "Not my strength—I don't think I know anything about Christ's strength."
[CHAPTER III.]
SOUTH BAY.
"I SUPPOSE you all want to hear everything," said Dr. Arundel cheerfully, as he looked round on the expectant faces of the party who sat at tea the following evening.