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and   as   I  sat   opposite   to  her   at  work察   I  felt  the  table  tremble。 

Looking up I saw my little maid shivering from head to foot。 

    ^Charley察院said I ^are you so cold拭院

    ^I think I am察miss察院she replied。 ^I don¨t know what it is。 I can¨t 

hold myself still。 I felt so yesterday察at about this same time察miss。 

Don¨t be uneasy察I think I¨m ill。 ̄ 

    I  heard    Ada¨s    voice    outside察  and    I  hurried    to  the   door    of 

communication   between            my   room    and    our  pretty    sitting´room察

and locked it。 Just in time察for she tapped at it while my hand was 

yet upon the key。 

    Ada called to me to let her in察but I said察 Not now察my dearest。 

Go     away。    There¨s     nothing     the   matter察    I  will   come     to  you 

presently。 ̄ Ah it was a long察long time察before my darling girl and 

I were companions again。 

    Charley fell ill。 In twelve hours she was very ill。 I moved her to 

my room察and laid her  in  my  bed察and   sat  down   quietly  to  nurse 



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her。 I told my Guardian all about it察and why I felt it was necessary 

that   I   should   seclude   myself察  and   my   reason   for   not   seeing   my 

darling   above   all。   At   first   she   came   very   often   to   the   door察  and 

called to me察and even reproached me with sobs and   tears察but  I 

wrote   her   a   long   letter察  saying   that   she    made   me     anxious   and 

unhappy察  and       imploring   her察    as   she   loved   me察  and    wished     my 

mind to be at peace察to come no nearer than the garden。 After that察

she came beneath the window察even oftener than she had come to 

the door察and察if  I   had   learnt  to  love  her  dear  sweet  voice   before 

when we were hardly ever apart察  how  did   I learn  to  love   it  then察

when   I   stood   behind   the   window´curtain   listening   and   replying察

but    not   so   much     as   looking    out   How     did   I  learn   to   love   it 

afterwards察when the harder time came 

    They put a bed for me in our sitting´room察and by keeping the 

door   wide   open察  I   turned   the   two   rooms   into   one察  now   that   Ada 

had   vacated   that   part   of   the   house察  and   kept   them   always   fresh 

and airy。 There was not a servant察in or about the house察but was 

so  good   that  they  would   all  most  gladly   have   come   to  me   at  any 

hour of the  day  or  night察  without  the  least  fear  or  unwillingness察

but I thought it best to choose one worthy woman who was never 

to   see   Ada察   and   whom      I  could   trust   to  come     and    go  with    all 

precaution。 Through her means察I got out to take the air with my 

Guardian察when there was no fear of meeting Ada察and wanted for 

nothing   in   the   way   of   attendance察  any   more   than   in   any   other 

respect。 

    And thus poor Charley sickened and grew worse察and fell into 

heavy danger of death察and lay severely ill for many a long round 

of   day   and    night。   So    patient   she    was察  so   uncomplaining察       and 

inspired   by   such   a   gentle   fortitude察  that   very   often   as   I   sat   by 



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Charley察holding her head in my arms!repose would come to her察

so察  when     it   would   come   to   her   in   no   other   attitude!I    silently 

prayed to our Father in heaven that I might not forget the lesson 

which this little sister taught me。 

    I was very sorrowful to think that Charley¨s pretty looks would 

change and be disfigured察even if she recovered!she was such a 

child with her dimpled face!but that thought was察for the greater 

part察lost in her greater peril。 When she was at the worst察and her 

mind rambled again to the cares of her father¨s sick bed察and the 

little children察she still knew me so far as that she would be quiet 

in my  arms   when   she   could lie   quiet nowhere   else察and   murmur 

out   the   wanderings   of   her   mind   less   restlessly。   At   those   times   I 

used to think how should I ever tell the two remaining babies that 

the baby who had learned of her faithful heart to be a   mother  to 

them in their need察was dead 

    There were other times when Charley knew me well察and talked 

to  me此  telling  me  that  she   sent  her   love   to   Tom   and   Emma察  and 

that she was sure Tom would grow up to be a good man。 At those 

times   Charley   would   speak   to   me   of   what   she   had   read   to   her 

father   as   well   as   she   could察  to   comfort   him察  of   that   young   man 

carried out to be buried察who was the only son of his mother and 

she was a widow察of the ruler¨s daughter raised up by the gracious 

hand upon her bed of death。 And Charley told me that when her 

father died察she had kneeled down and prayed in her first sorrow 

that   he   likewise   might   be   raised   up察  and   given   back   to   his   poor 

children察  and  that  if  she   should never   get   better察  and   should   die 

too察  she   thought   it   likely   that   it   might   come   into   Tom¨s   mind   to 

offer the same prayer for her。 Then would I show Tom how those 

people of old days had been brought back to life on earth察only that 



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we might know our hope to be restored in Heaven 

    But   of   all  the  various    times   there    were   in  Charley¨s     illness察

there was not one when she lost the gentle qualities I have spoken 

of。 And there were many察many察when I thought in the night of the 

last high belief in the watching Angel察and the last higher trust in 

God察on the part of her poor despised father。 

    And Charley did not die。 She flutteringly and slowly turned the 

dangerous   point察  after   long   lingering   there察       and   then   began    to 

mend。      The   hope    that   never   had    been    given察  from   the   first察 of 

Charley   being   in     outward      appearance      Charley   any   more察     soon 

began to be encouraged察and even that prospered察and I saw  her 

growing into her old childish likeness again。 

    It   was   a   great   morning察  when   I   could   tell   Ada   all   this   as   she 

stood out in the garden察and it was a great evening when Charley 

and I at last took tea together in the next room。 But察on that same 

evening察I felt that I was stricken cold。 

    Happily for both of us察it was not until Charley was safe in bed 

again   and placidly  asleep察  that  I   began   to   think   the   contagion   of 

her illness was upon me。 I had been able easily to hide what I had 

felt at tea´time察but I was past that already now察and I knew that I 

was rapidly following in Charley¨s steps。 

    I was well enough察however察to be up early in the morning察and 

to  return   my  darling¨s   cheerful   blessing   from   the   garden察  and   to 

talk    with   her   as   long   as   usual。   But    I  was   not   free   from    an 

impression   that   I   had   been   walking   about   the   two   rooms   in   the 

night察  a   little   beside   myself察  though   knowing   where   I   was察  and   I 

felt confused at times!with a curious sense of fulness察as if I were 

becoming too large altogether。 

    In the evening I was so much worse that I resolved to prepare 



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