She saw a wasp fall on the ground, and was just about to put
her foot on it, when she recollected where she was. She had never in
her life intentionally killed anything, and this was no time to begin
in that place, and when she was angry. The pain was severe--more so
perhaps than any she had felt before--and very much frightened, she
pulled her papa's coat to draw his attention. But her first pull was
so slight that he did not feel it, and before she gave a second she
remembered that she could not make him hear what was the matter,
without more noise than was proper. No, she must stay where she was,
and try to bear the pain, and she knew that if she did try, help
would be given her. She proceeded to find out the Psalm and join her
voice with the others, though her heart was beating very fast, her
forehead was contracted, and she could not help keeping her right
hand clasped round her arm, and sometimes shifting from one foot to
the other. The sharpness of the pain soon went off; she was able to
attend to the Lessons, and hoped it would soon be quite well; but as
soon as she began to think about it, it began to ache and throb, and
seemed each moment to be growing hotter.
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