CHAPTER VI.

The next morning was gloomy and rainy, as Elizabeth informed Anne at about seven o'clock; 'and I am not sorry for it,' said she, 'for I want to have you all to myself at home, so we will turn the incubi over to Kate and Helen, and be comfortable together.'

'Will they submit to such treatment?' said Anne.

'Oh yes, my dear,' said Elizabeth; 'they want us as little as we want them; they only want a little civility, and I will not be so sparing of that useful commodity as I was yesterday evening. And now, Anne, I am going to beg your pardon for being so excessively rude to Harriet, as I was last night. She did not mind it, but you did, and much more than if it had been to yourself.'

'I believe I did,' said Anne; 'other people do not know what you mean when you set up your bristles, and I do. Besides, I was sorry for Lucy, who looks as if she had sensitiveness enough for the whole family.'

'Poor Lucy!' said Elizabeth;

"A weary lot is thine, fair maid, A weary lot is thine."

Yes, Lucy has very deep feeling; you may see it in the painful flushing of her cheek, and the downcast look of her eye, when her mother and sister expose themselves. I really believe that that poor girl has more to endure than most people.'

'O Lizzie,' said Anne, 'how differently you spoke of her yesterday!'

'Yes,' said Elizabeth, 'but then I was furious with Mrs. Hazleby; and besides, I believe the truth was, that I was very tired and very cross, not exactly the way in which I intended to conclude the Consecration day; and now I am in my senses, I am very sorry I behaved as I did. But, Anne, though I hereby retract all I said in dispraise of Lucy, and confess that I was rude to Harriet, do not imagine that I disavow all I said about society last night, for I assure you that I expressed my deliberate opinion.'

Answer the following questions:
1. What section of the tale are we on?
2. How's the weather?
3. Who are talking to each other?
4. Is it nine o'clock yet?
5. Who did Elizabeth suggest to give the incubi to?
6. Why did she think they wouldn't be bothered about this arrangement?
7. Who did she treat badly the night before?
8. Was Harriet upset about the way she was treated?
9. Who was Anne worried about when this happened?
10. Did Elizabeth feel good about Lucy's reaction?
11. What physical changes give Lucy's emotions away?
12. Who was Elizabeth extremely upset at setting of the events?
1. Chapter VI
2. gloomy and rainy
3. Elizabeth and Anne
4. no
5. Kate and Helen
6. they only want a little civility
7. Harriet
8. no
9. Lucy
10. no
11. cheek flushing and downcast eye
12. Mrs. Hazleby