You have had a legacy left you of a hundred pounds.' The nurse showed no outward signs of exultation.

She waited a little to get the announcement of the legacy well settled in her mind--and then she said quietly, 'Master Henry, who gives me that money, if you please ?' 'My late brother, Lord Montbarry, gives it to you.' (Agnes instantly looked up, interested in the matter for the first time.

Henry went on.) 'His will leaves legacies to the surviving old servants of the family.

There is a letter from his lawyers, authorising you to apply to them for the money.' In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.

In the nurse's class it is extremely rare.