Miss Hepzibah took the black-edged letter coolly in her hand, eyed it stolidly for a second, and then laid it on the table.
Such a family as we have, and the weakness in Hepzibah's back!
There was Miss Hepzibah Toothacre, "pleasant as pie," at the door to welcome back the child.
Hepzibah Raymond came in with a bowl of flip—the proper mixture of rum, malt beer, and brown sugar.
Hepzibah, however, easily brought it forward again, for it trundled very smooth and noiselessly upon its castors.