"
"Yes, sir, but it is very bad, very bad, if you will let me say so! I know
I ought not to talk so, as I'm only a poor old servant; but remember, I was
the one that brought up the lovely woman that we all mourn for, and I knew
her before you did, sir, and I loved her as if she were my own child. When
I put her in the coffin it was as if they had taken out a piece of my own
heart. She was so young to die, so sweet, so good, and besides so
marvelously beautiful! But I dried my tears as best I could, for I knew
there was much to be done; and I said to myself that I would honor the
memory of my mistress by doing always that which I knew she would have
approved of. And now, sir, take this little orphan as you know your good
wife would have done, as the daughter of her beloved sister...." She
stopped suddenly, slightly abashed, as she realized that perhaps she had
said a little too much for one in her station in life.
But more than her mere words, her voice vibrant with emotion had moved us
all to the depths of our souls.
"You are a valiant woman with a great heart," my father said, as he took
her hand. "I will write this very night and ask them to send the girl to us
as soon as possible.
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