"You are getting to do Mr. Thornton justice at last, Margaret," said her father, pinching her ear.
Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer, "Oh!" thought she, "I wish I were a man, that I could go and force him to express his disapprobation, and tell him honestly that I knew I deserved it. It seems hard to lose him as a friend just when I had begun to feel his value. How tender he was with dear mamma! If it were only for her sake, I wish he would come, and then at least I should know how much I was abased in his eyes."
'You are getting to do Mr. Thornton justice at last, Margaret,' said her father.
Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer. But she thought, 'I wish I were a man, and could go and force him to express his disapproval, and tell him honestly that I knew I deserved it. It is hard to lose him as a friend just when I had begun to feel his value. How tender he was with dear mamma! I wish he would come, and then at least I should know how much I was abased in his eyes.'