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THE FORTUNATE CURE.
the plump broad cheek of the maid, who was
| vexed as well as roused by an attack so unex-
j pected. She instantly determined, however,
how to proceed; so, taking off her garter, she
f seized the feeble Maria, and tied her hands fast
behind her back. It was in vain to shriek and
j struggle, she had no power to disengage herself;
and, at last, wearied with exertions beyond her
| strength, and convinced she must submit, she
sat down, though with an agonizing heart, and
! ceased crying, expecting with impatience the
return of Madame Stein.
Madame Stein came, at last, and brought with
her, her daughter Henrietta, who was twelve
years old. As soon as she saw Madame Stein,
Maria turned about, showed her hands, and
complained highly of the insolence, as she called
it, of the maid; but she forgot to mention the
slap in the face. Madame Stein having ascer¬
tained the truth, thus reproved Maria for her
behaviour.
You see, young lady, to what you have ex¬
posed yourself, by pride and violence; you have
made an unworthy use of the superiority which
your rank gave you over this girl, and have
obliged her to forget the distinction which the
accident of birth had placed between you. If
you would have your inferiors never fail in the