"How very sorry you must be," she exclaimed, at length, "that Miss
Morton ever came to you!"
"Sorry!" repeated Margaret. "Yes, I think we are sorry; but one thing I can tell you, Amy, she will not stay with us long. I resolved, directly after that business of the picture, that I would never rest till I got her out of the house; and Dora feels the same."
"I beg your pardon," replied Dora; "I do not care enough about her; as long as she keeps to her own room, and does not plague me with constantly ringing in my ears that things are right, she may stay or not, as she likes."
"But," said Amy, "you cannot send her away; it must be your mamma."
"What a simpleton you are!" exclaimed Margaret, laughing. "There are a hundred ways of getting rid of a person you don't like; and I tell you I should have done it long ago, if it had not been for Rose, who is so fond of her, and such a pet of mamma's, that she is humoured in everything. Why, how surprised you look, and frightened too."
"Only," said Amy, "I thought that my aunt would do just as she pleased, without asking any one."
"I can't explain," said Margaret, "if you cannot understand; but you will learn all about it when you have been a little at Emmerton with us; and you will see, too, how she spoils Rose; she makes her so foolish, that she cannot bear to go to any one else, except mamma, when she is in the room."
"Then Miss Morton must be very kind to her," said Amy.
"Kind! Yes, to be sure, she is; she knows quite well that if it were not for Rose, she would not stay long in our family."
"And does she teach Rose entirely?" asked Amy.