"Will you tell me what you wanted it so much for ?" She looked at him, and then, acting upon impulse rather then reflection, said in a low voice, "If you like, I will show you." He bowed, wondering what was coming next.

Rising from her chair, Augusta led the way to a door which opened out of the sitting-room, and gently turned the handle and entered.

Eustace followed her.

The room was a small bed-room, of which the faded calico blind had been pulled down; as it happened, however, the sunlight, such as it was, beat full upon the blind, and came through it in yellow bars.

They fell upon the furniture of the bare little room, they fell upon the iron bedstead, and upon something lying on it, which he did not at first notice, because it was covered with a sheet.
Augusta walked up to the bed and gently lifted the sheet, revealing the sweet face, fringed round about with golden hair, of little Jeannie, in her coffin.
Eustace gave an exclamation, and started back violently.