"Kitty dear, do try to be brave," he pleaded.

"I am not very well, and I cannot bear to see you so unhappy.

You make it very hard for others, dear, by taking your trials so hardly." Kitty looked and felt very much ashamed.

"I hadn't thought of that," she said; "but, father, it is really very hard to bear.

You don't know how miserable I feel." "How will you bear greater troubles when they come, as they are sure to ?" "There couldn't be greater ones," said foolish Kitty.
"My dear, my dear, don't say such things.