Wives and daughters : an every-day story . be sure ! said Molly, quickly. She Avas untying thebonnet, and taking off the Avorn, but neatly mended gWes; thereAvas the soft luxuriant black hair, shading the pale, innocent face,—the little notable-looking broAvn hands, with the Avedding-ring forsole ornament. The child clustered his fingers round one of hers,and nestled up against her Avith his plaintive cry, getting more andmore into a burst of Availing : Maman, maman ! At the groA\angacuteness of his imploring, her hand moved, her lips quivered, con-sciousness came partially back. She did not o
Wives and daughters : an every-day story . be sure ! said Molly, quickly. She Avas untying thebonnet, and taking off the Avorn, but neatly mended gWes; thereAvas the soft luxuriant black hair, shading the pale, innocent face,—the little notable-looking broAvn hands, with the Avedding-ring forsole ornament. The child clustered his fingers round one of hers,and nestled up against her Avith his plaintive cry, getting more andmore into a burst of Availing : Maman, maman ! At the groA\angacuteness of his imploring, her hand moved, her lips quivered, con-sciousness came partially back. She did not open her eyes, butgreat heavy tears stole out from beneath her eyelashes. Molly heldher head against her oAvn breast; and they tried to give her Avine,—Avhich she shrank from—Avater, Avhich she did not reject; thatAvas all. At last she tried to speak. Take me aAvay, she said, into the dark. Leave me alone. So ]\Iolly and the Avomen lifted her up and carried her aA\^ay,and laid her on the bed, in the best bed-chamber in the house, and. I UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS. 251 darkened the already shaded light. She was like an unconsciouscorpse herself, in that she offered neither assistance nor resistance toall that they were doing. But just before ]\Iolly was leaving theroom to take up her watch outside the door, she fult rather thaaheard that Aimee spoke to her. Food—bread and milk for baby. But when they brought herfood herself, she only shrank away and turned her face to the wallAvithout a word. In the hurry, the child had been left with Robinsonand the squire. For some unknown, but most fortunate reason, hetook a dislike to Eobinsons red face and hoarse voice, and showed amost decided preference for his grandfather. When Molly camedown she found the squire feeding the child, with more of peaceupon his face than there had been for all these days. The boy wasevery now and then leaving off taking his bread and milk to showhis dislike to Robinson by word and gesture : a proceeding w
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