Excerpt from Above Her Station: The Story of a Young Woman's Life
Aunt Rieka, who has always got Christian char ity in her mouth, may sometimes extend it with her hand; and the short and the long Of it is, when no one else is with you, she is your nearest relation. And then, mother, added Clara, slyly, you will have this advantage, that, when you have pressed all you can out Of my aunt, I will care for you also, so then, it will come to you from two sources. Make a fine lament and soften her heart; but, as far as I am concerned, you may leave all that alone, added she, laugh ing. I know all your tricks too well: they will not avail any more with me.
With these words she drew a black silk man tilla out Of a drawer, and a few small coins jingled out along with it. She tossed a three penny-piece into her mother's lap, and said, laughing, Here, buy a cake for yourself, and keep Sunday with it; but mind, send Kleist's Dorothy; then the baker will think it is for the gentleman student: you understand me.
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