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Updated: May 22, 2025
She went around to the back door, and raised a feeble clatter with the knocker. Mrs. Squire Bean, who was tall and thin and mild-looking, answered her knock. "The Squire sent for me" choked Patience. "Oh!" said the old lady, "you air the little Mather-gal, I guess." Patience shook so she could hardly reply. "You'd better go right into his room," said Mrs. Squire Bean, and Patience followed her.
She gave her a little pat when she opened a door on the right. "Don't you be afeard," said she; "he won't say nothin' to you. I'll give you a piece of sweet-cake when you come out." Thus admonished, Patience entered. "Here's the little Mather-gal," Mrs. Bean remarked; then the door closed again on her mild old face. When Patience first looked at that room, she had a wild impulse to turn and run.
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