said Topsy , looking surprised and innocent . ` Poor Topsy , ' said Eva , ` why need you steal ? You are going to be taken good care of now . I am sure I would rather give you anything of mine than have you steal it . ' Topsy had never been spoken to so kindly and gently in all her life . For a minute she looked as if she were going to cry . The next she was grinning as usual in her ugly way . What was to be done with Topsy ? Miss Ophelia was quite puzzled . She shut her up in a dark room till she could think about it . ' I do n't see , ' she said to Mr. St. Clare , ` how I am going to manage that child without whipping her . ' ` Well , whip her , then . ' ' I never heard of bringing up children without it , ' said Miss Ophelia . ` Oh , well , do as you think best . Only , I have seen this child beaten with a poker , knocked down with the shovel or tongs , or anything that came handy . So I do n't think your beatings will have much effect . ' ` What is to be done with her , then ? ' said Miss Ophelia . ' I never saw such a child as this . ' But Mr. St. Clare could not answer her question .
So Miss Ophelia had to go on , as best she could , trying to make XXXXX a good girl .
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