That evening Hetty made a tremendous effort and wrote a letter to Mrs.
Enderby.
"Deer Madam,--My foot is well, but Mrs. Kane is making me good and I
would like to stay with her. I am sorry for Badness and giving trubbel.
I could lern to work and be Mrs. Kane's child.
Yours obeedyentley, HETTY."
Mr. and Mrs. Enderby smiled over this letter together that evening.
"Poor little monkey," said the former, "there is more in her than I
imagined. But what spelling for a girl of her age!"
"Might it not do to allow her to stay where she is, coming up here for
lessons, and to walk occasionally with the girls?"
"I do not like the idea of it," said Mr. Enderby. "I would rather she
stayed here and went as often as she pleased to see her early friends.
It is evident they have a good influence upon her. Yet it would not be
fair to let her grow up with their manners if she is to earn her bread
among people of a higher class."
So when Mrs. Enderby went next day to visit Hetty she was firm in her
decision that the little girl should return to the Hall.
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