... time at Maria, who had purposely remained behind her father, and her voice immediately hardened. “Maria, come here,” said she. Maria obeyed. She left the shelter of her father’s broad back, and ... She knew that Miss Bell’s wages were twenty-five dollars a week, and that her father would not have called her in except in an extreme case. She watched her father help out the woman, who was ... in her heart. She said it over and over to herself, in unutterable appeal and terror, “O Lord, please make mother well, please make her well.” She prayed on, although the groaning wail never...