"He is very nice, Mr. Richmond."
"Does he love the Bible as well as you do?"
"I don't think he knows much about it, Mr. Richmond," Matilda answered, looking wistful.
"If he is a friend of your's, cannot you help him?"
"I do try," said Matilda. "But, Mr. Richmond, you know a boy thinks he knows about things better than I do, or than any girl does."
Mr. Richmond smiled.
"Besides, I can't see him now," Matilda added. "I have no chance." And a cloud came over her face.
"Miss Redwood," said the minister, "do you think you can manage a certain business in Lilac Lane which Matilda had a mind to entrust to you? I suppose you have been consulting about it."
"Does Mr. Richmond think it'll do much good?" was the housekeeper's rejoinder.
"Do I think what will do good?"