44 THE COUSINS.

bed, arranged it for the clothes, which, after she
had gone out again, Lucy spread upon it very
carefully, walking around the bed several times
to be sure that they did not hang lower on one
side than on the other. She had not yet disposed
the heavy quilt to her perfect satisfaction, when
Mrs. Lovett again entered. Both Mary and Lucy
had thick and curling hair, and, as they could not
well comb and brush it themselves, Mrs. Lovett
had come to do it for them. As soon as she had
finished doing this, they went with her, first into
her own room for Emma, and then down into the
basement, where Mr. Lovett was seated, with a
Bible and hymn-book on the table beside him.
Charles called the cook and Jane, and when all
were seated, Mr. Lovett read two verses of a
hymn. Mrs. Lovett, Lucy, and the servants had
each a hymn-book. Charley looked on his mo-
ther’s book, though we doubt whether he could
vead many of the words correctly, and Lucy,
having found the hymn, held her book so that her
cousin could sing with her. After the hymn, Mr.
Lovett read a part of a chapter in the New Testa-
ment, and then, knecling down, he thanked God