ir knees with their mistress, giving God
thanks for their happy deliverance.

You are not to wonder, my dear reader, that this little dog should
have more sense than you, or your father, or your grandfather.

Though God Almighty has made man the lord of the creation and endowed
him with reason; yet in many respects he has been altogether as
bountiful to other creatures of his forming. Some of the senses of
other animals are more acute than ours, as we find by daily
experience.

The downfall of the school was a great misfortune to Mrs. Margery; for
she not only lost all her books, but was destitute of a place to teach
in; but Sir William Dove, being informed of this, ordered it to be
built at his own expense, and till that could be done, Farmer Grove
was so kind as to let her have his large hall to teach in.

IV

WHAT HAPPENED AT FARMER GROVE'S, AND HOW SHE GRATIFIED HIM FOR THE USE
OF HIS ROOM

While at Mr. Grove's, which was in the heart of the village, she not
only taught the children in the daytime, but the farmer's servants and
all the neighbors to read and write in the evening; and it was a
constant practice, before they went away, to make them all go to
prayers and sing psalms. By this means the people grew extremely
regular, his servants were always at home instead of being at the
alehouse, and he had more work done than ever. This gave not only Mr.
Grove, but all the neighbors, a high opinion of her good sense and
prudent behavior; and she was so much esteemed that the most of the
differences in the parish were left to her decision; and if a man and
wife quarreled (which sometimes happened in that part of the kingdom),
both parties certainly came to her for advice. Everybody knows that
Martha Wilson was a passionate, scolding jade, and that John her
husband was a surly, ill-tempered fellow. These were one day brought
by the neighbors for Margery to talk to them, when they talked before
her, and were going to blows; but she, stepping between them, thus
addressed the husband: "John," says she, "you are a man, and ought to
have more sense than to fly in a passion at every word that is said
amiss by your wife: and Martha," says she, "you ought to know your
duty better than to say anything to aggravate your husband's
resentment. These frequent quarrels arise from the indulgence of your
violent passions; for I know you both love each other, notwithstanding
what has passed between you. Now, pray tell me