“Well, they would have had good times, if you had.”
Fidelia laughed—“I am not so sure. I have one sister.”
“Yes, I know—Miss Eunice,” said Amos.
“Yes, my Eunice. She is all I have got, and she is better to me than two or three brothers.”
“Yes, I know,” said Amos, nodding his head; “I heard Dr Everett talking about her with father. Oh, no, it wasn’t doctor’s talk; only how good she is, and how much she thinks of you!”
“Why do they call you Faithful?” asked Ned.
“No one calls me that but Nellie, and you must ask her why.”
“I suppose it is because you never shirk,” said Amos.
Fidelia looked grave.
“I don’t deserve it for that reason,” said she.