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All these things Henriette heard , as she sat plying her needle , or stood fitting a dress to the forms of some of her gay companions ; but now her interests were separate from theirs , and she toiled on , through the weary day . There were some who appreciated her motives , and spoke kindly to the poor orphan , and the sweet consciousness of well doing sweetened her cup of toil . Henry Lorton was educated upon liberal New England principles , and his mother was a dress-maker before her marriage with his father , and besides , he had ever been taught to respect the industrious part of the community , and his high minded principles revolted from the overbearing aristocracy of the place , and therefore , he appeared reserved to those with whom he associated . Henriette felt grieved as she visited her father 's grave ; there was no monument erected at his head , while at her mother 's stood an elegant polished marble one , of great value , having a female bearing an infant in her arms , chiselled upon it , and this one thought occupied her mind ; she would rise early and eat the bread of carefulness , might she but erect a monument to her father 's grave ; and often she burned the midnight lamp , and rose before the stars had faded from the sky , to accomplish her holy purpose . A young lady , who was married about that time , saw and wished to purchase an elegantly trimmed satin dress , and Henriette assented , thinking the value of it would be more sacred to her eyes , in her father 's monument , than elsewhere . The young lady paid her the full value of this and several other articles of clothing , and she soon had the pleasure of seeing the splendid monument reared over her father 's grave . Ellen Horton had ever met Henriette with a cordial greeting , and she did not feel the same shrinking when she was requested to spend a few days at the residence of the wealthy Edward Horton that she did in going to many other places , and she went with a cheerful heart to prepare the splendid bridal dress for Ellen .