ShetoldhimhowDeborahsewedherseamveryneatlyeveryday，andreadtoherinthebookshehadsether；howshewasavery\"forrard，\"goodchild，butwouldaskquestionshermothercouldnotanswer，buthowshedidnotletherselfdownbysayingshedidnotknow，buttooktostirringthefire，orsendingthe\"forrard\"childonanerrand。Mattywasnowthemother’sdarling，andpromised（likehersisteratherage），tobeagreatbeauty。IwasreadingthisaloudtoMissMatty，whosmiledandsighedalittleatthehope，sofondlyexpressed，that\"littleMattymightnotbevain，evenifshewereabewty。\"
\"Ihadveryprettyhair，mydear，\"saidMistMatilda；\"andnotabadmouth。\"AndIsawhersoonafterwardsadjusthercapanddrawherselfup。
ButtoreturntoMrsJenkyns’sletters。Shetoldherhusbandaboutthepoorintheparish；whathomelydomesticmedicinesshehadadministered；whatkitchenphysicshehadsent。Shehadevidentlyheldhisdispleasureasarodinpickleovertheheadsofallthene’er—do—wells。Sheaskedforhisdirectionsaboutthecowsandpigs；anddidnotalwaysobtainthem，asIhaveshownbefore。
Thekindoldgrandmotherwasdeadwhenalittleboywasborn，soonafterthepublicationofthesermon；buttherewasanotherletterofexhortationfromthegrandfather，morestringentandadmonitorythanever，nowthattherewasaboytobeguardedfromthesnaresoftheworld。Hedescribedallthevarioussinsintowhichmenmightfall，untilIwonderedhowanymanevercametoanaturaldeath。Thegallowsseemedasifitmusthavebeentheterminationofthelivesofmostofthegrandfather’sfriendsandacquaintance；
andIwasnotsurprisedatthewayinwhichhespokeofthislifebeing\"avaleoftears。\"