two at night
Oh , Margaret , you do not know what encouragement I have about some of those children ! Their lot is and will be a hard one , in many respects . It will be difficult for them to grow kindly , and liberal , and truthful , with such examples as they have before their eyes . They advance like the snail on the wall , creeping three inches on in the day , and falling back two at night . They get out of a pretty mood of mind in the morning , and expand and grow interested in things out of Deerbrook ; and then , in the evening , the greater part of this is undone , and they go to bed with their heads full of small , vile notions about their neighbours . '' `` And when they grow too wise to have their heads so filled , their hearts will be heavy for those who are not rising like themselves . '' `` That is unavoidable , and they must bear the sorrow .