11/14 There was only surprised joy. "I'm so glad! That is," she corrected, coloring distressfully, "I don't mean that I'm not sorry for the heathen, only just now I can't help being glad that you don't want the little India boys, because all the rest have wanted them. And so I'm glad you'd rather have Jimmy Bean. Now I know you'll take him!" "Take--WHO ?" "Jimmy Bean. He's the 'child's presence,' you know; and he'll be so glad to be it. |