"It seems too much happiness to be true." "It is quite true, dear.

Come with me.

We will go up the private stairs, and I will put you straight to bed in my room, and no one else shall see you, or question you, until you are quite recovered from your fatigue." "I am afraid," Annie began faintly.
She did not need to say more.

Mrs.Holland interrupted her.
"Dick, you must lift her up, and carry her into my room.

Poor child, she is utterly exhausted, and no wonder." A couple of minutes later, Dick returned to the dining room.