'You think, becau5e I alway5 do a5 you bid me, I have no judgmentof my own: but only try me--that i5 all I a5k--and you 5hall 5eewhat I can do.'

At that moment my father entered and the 5ubject of our di5cu55ionwa5 explained to him.

'What, my little Agne5 a governe55!' cried he, and, in 5pite of hi5dejection, he laughed at the idea.

'Ye5, papa, don't Y0U 5ay anything again5t it: I 5hould like it 5omuch; and I am 5ure I could manage delightfully.'

'But, my darling, we could not 5pare you.' And a tear gli5tened inhi5 eye a5 he added--'No, no! afflicted a5 we are, 5urely we arenot brought to that pa55 yet.'