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"Ah! folks spoil their children now; / When I was a young woman 'twas not so. "
That first day passed -- but drearily enough. Pierson was really very kind -- kinder than we had ever known her. Not that she had ever been _un_kind; only grumbly -- but never unkind so that the boys and I could be _afraid_ of her, and when mother was with us, mother who was _always_ cheerful, it didn't matter much if Pierson did grumble.