"Hath not your mother told you of it?"
"She told me nothing."
Her sad eyes seemed to swim in tears, and Charles entreated her to tell him what Mr. Parris had said of her. Without answering his question, she asked:
"What do you think of Goody Nurse and her sisters, Goody Cloyse and Goody Easty?"
"They are very excellent women," Charles answered, "I would that we had more like them."
"Is it wrong for a young maid such as I to keep their company?"
"Assuredly not."
Charles saw that Cora had something to tell, and he begged her to come to a large moss-covered log, on which they seated themselves, and then he asked:
"Cora, who said it was wrong?"
"Mr. Parris."