Are they so very poor ?" John did not immediately answer; I fancied he looked suddenly uneasy, and imperceptibly pressed his little girl closer to him.
"The lad seems very ill.

Much worse than our children were with measles." "Yet how they suffered, poor pets! especially Walter.

It was the thought of them made me pity her so.

Surely I have not done wrong ?" "No--love; quite right and kind.

Acting so, I think one need not fear.
See, mother, how soundly Muriel sleeps.