Martha is the joy of life to me.

You must leave me my little daughter.

You know her grandmother will take every care of her." "I can take care of her myself.

She has been my companion and comforter all through these past four years of sorrow.

I cannot part with her, not for a day." This controversy regarding the child was continued with unremitting force of feeling on both sides for some time, but John finally gave way to Jane's insistence, and the early days of April were spent in preparations for the journey to London and the redecoration of the home.
Then one exquisite spring morning they went away in sunshine and smiles, and John returned alone to his lonely and disorderly house.