Redbud shook her head with a sorrowful expression.
"I don't think I can," she said. "I'm so sorry!"
"Don't think you can!"
"No."
"Not read the Bible to me?" Verty said, smiling.
"I'm going away."
Verty started.
"Going away!—you going away? Oh no! Redbud, you mus'nt; for you know
I can't possibly get along without you, because I like you so much."
"Hum!" said Miss Lavinia, who seemed to be growing more and more dissatisfied with the interview.
"I must go, though," Redbud said, sorrowfully, "I can't stay."