` Yes , dear , I will do anything you wish . Only do n't talk so . ' Miss Ophelia and Eva had been to church together . Miss Ophelia had gone to her room to take off her bonnet , while Eva talked to her father . Suddenly Mr. St. Clare and his little girl heard a great noise coming from Miss Ophelia 's room . A minute later she appeared , dragging Topsy behind her . ` Come out here ' she was saying . ' I will tell your master . ' ` What is the matter now ? ' asked Mr. St. Clare . ` The matter is that I can not be plagued with this child any longer ' said Miss Ophelia . ` It is past all bearing . Here , I locked her up , and gave her a hymn to learn . What does she do , but spy out where I put my key . She has gone to my wardrobe , taken a bonnet-trimming , and cut it all to pieces to make dolls ' jackets ! I never saw anything like it in my life . ' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ' I do n't know what to do ' she went on ; ' I have taught and taught . I have talked till I 'm tired . I 've whipped her . I 've punished her in every way I can think of , and still she is as naughty as she was at first . '
` Come here , XXXXX , you monkey , ' said Mr. St. Clare .
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