human
What is it, pet? nurse said.
gpt
Is anything the matter?
human
No, answered Sibyl.
gpt
Nursie, can I read the Bible a bit?
human
Sakes alive! cried nurse, for Sibyl had never been remarkable for any religious tendency,
gpt
she answered.
human
I never go from home without my precious Bible. It is the one my mother gave me when I was a little girl. I'll fetch it for you, dearie.
gpt
Thank you,
human
Now, my little darling, said nurse,
gpt
I want to find a special verse, said Sibyl.
human
When I have read it I will go to bed.
gpt
What's fretting you, dear? I know the Bible, so to speak, from end to end. Can old nursie help you in any way?
human
I know the verse is somewhere, but I cannot find the place. I remember reading it, and it has come back to me to-night.
gpt
What is it, dear?
human
Oh, yes, love, answered nurse promptly,
gpt
But what are you fretting your head over that verse for? asked the puzzled old woman;
human
There is not a bit about nurses and governesses in the Bible, said Sibyl, who had no idea of being imposed upon, although she was in trouble.
gpt
Never mind that other verse now, nursie, it's not that I'm thinking of, it's the one you found about 'God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.' It seems to 'splain things.
human
What things, dear?
gpt
Why, about mother. Nursie, isn't my mother quite the very humblest woman in all the world?
human
Oh, my goodness me, no! exclaimed the woman under her breath.
gpt
I wouldn't remark it, my dear,
human
That's 'cos you know so very little. You can't never guess what my ownest mother said to me to-day, and I'm not going to tell you, only that verse comforts me, and I understand now.