"Here is my mother, waiting to receive you.
"This is the young lady," he went on cheerfully, as he turned to his mother.

"I promised her a warm welcome, in your name." Mrs.Holland had already come down the steps, and as the girl turned towards her, she took her in her arms, and kissed her in motherly fashion.
"Welcome, indeed," she said.

"I will be a mother to you, poor child, till I can hand you over to your own.

I thank God for sending you to me.

It will be a comfort to me to know that, even if my son should never bring my husband back to me, he has at least succeeded in rescuing one victim from Tippoo, and in making one family happy." The girl clung to her, crying softly.
"Oh, how good you all are!" she sobbed.