Chapter 14

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. There may be black ingratitude in the thing, and the punishment may be retributive and well deserved; but that it is a miserable thing, I can testify.

Home had never been a very pleasant place to me, because of my sister’s temper. But, Joe had sanctified it, and I had believed in it. I had believed in the best parlour as a most elegant saloon; I