"
"He's better than that," said Katherine with pride; "I hate perfect
people, don't you?"
"Oh, indeed I do!" said Maggie from the bottom of her heart. They
then came to her particular business.
"I would like to get some work to do," said Maggie, "that would make
me independent. I have three hundred pounds of my own."
"What can you do?" asked Katherine.
"I don't know," said Maggie.
"Can you shorthand and type?"
"No, I can't," said Maggie; "but I'll learn."
"Must you be independent soon?" asked Katherine. "Are you unhappy
where you are?"
Maggie paused.
"Don't tell me anything you oughtn't to," said Katherine.
"No," answered Maggie. "It isn't that exactly. I'm not happy at
home, but I think that's my fault. My aunts are very good. But I
want to be free. It is all very religious where I am, and they want
me to believe in their religion. I'm afraid I'm not religious at
all. Then I don't want to be dependent on people. I'm very ignorant.
I know nothing about anything, and so long as I am kept with my
aunts I shall never learn."
She stopped abruptly. She had thought suddenly of Martin.
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