'I'll wake her.' 'No, no You needn't stay, Kate.

I don't want anything.

Let her sleep as she is.' The elder sister left the room.

Then Jane approached her head to that of the sleeper, softly, softly, and her arm stole across Emma's bosom and rested on her farther shoulder.

The fire burned with little whispering tongues of flame; the circles of light and shade quivered above the lamp.