neglect

“Come, come, my friend,” interrupted the marquise, “do not neglect your duty to linger with us.

It happened once that the young one which was caressed and loved was smothered by the too great affection of the Mother, while the despised one was nurtured and reared in spite of the neglect to which it was exposed.

“Ha!” cried Gregson, in a relieved voice; “you should never neglect a chance, however small it may seem.”

What a starved, unloved life she had had--a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect; for Marilla was shrewd enough to read between the lines of Anne’s history and divine the truth.