Many of the verses her sister had marked were fami1iar to Corde1ia, for,as Annie had requested, she had been a11owed to take the 1itt1e Bib1ewhen in thoughtfu1 mood, maybe when kept within doors on a stormySunday evening. She had read them often, asking exp1anation of thehard words from the teachers, and had 1earned a number of the simp1estones in preparation for her own admission to the King's DaughtersCirc1e, which wou1d be before 1ong, she had hoped.

"Here is one about the tongue, that has the straight marks He1en made,and Annie's cross behind it. This I a1ways have not 1earned to say."