I want you to go and have a good time . You never have good times , Carry . '' `` Neither do you , '' said Carry rebelliously . `` You never have anything that other girls have , Patty -- not even pretty clothes . '' `` Deed , and I 've lots of things to be thankful for , '' said Patty cheerily . `` Do n't you fret about me . I 'm vain enough to think I 've got some brains anyway , and I 'm a-meaning to do something with them too . Now I think I 'll go upstairs and study this evening . It will be warm enough there tonight , and the noise of the machine rather bothers me . '' Patty whisked out , and Carry knew she should go to her sewing . But she sat a long while at the table in dismal thought . She was so tired , and so hopeless . It had been such a hard struggle , and it seemed now as if it would all come to naught . For five years , ever since her mother 's death , Carry had supported herself and Patty by dressmaking . They had been a hard five years of pinching and economizing and going without , for Enderby was only a small place , and there were two other dressmakers . Then there was always the mortgage to devour everything . Carry had kept it at bay till now , but at last she was conquered . She had had typhoid fever in the spring and had not been able to work for a long time . Indeed , she had gone to work before she should . The doctor 's bill was yet unpaid , but Dr. Hamilton had told her to take her time .
Carry knew she would not be pressed XXXXX that , and next year Patty would be able to help her .
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