Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene,--one step enough for me."
Then Martha Perry's feeble voice joined in, and last of all Huldah's
shy, weak treble. They were all so grateful, so full of thankfulness
and faith, they could not help it. And ever after, when Huldah
passed along that road, the same lines sprang spontaneously to heart
and lips, "One step enough for me."
Winter ended soon, and spring came early that year. In the cottage
garden the wallflowers and daffodils had sprung up and burst into
bloom before anyone had quite realised that their time had come.
In the field opposite the hedges were so lined with primroses that
the scent greeted you across the road.
In those warm days, when school was over, and on half-holidays,
Huldah took her work across to the field, and sat in the sunshine
surrounded by the gold-starred hedges, where the ferns and violets
and ladies' smocks fought for room, and mingled in one sweet tangle
of beauty. She was very, very happy in those days, and busy from
morning till night. She had her house-work, her school-work, and
also her basket-making, and she worked very hard indeed at the last,
for by means of it she was able to buy many little comforts for
"Aunt Martha," as she had learnt to call Mrs.
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