herself to currants. However, Master Harry, he kept up, and his noble
heart was as fond as ever. Mrs. Walmers turned very sleepy about dusk,
and began to cry. Therefore, Mrs. Walmers went off to bed as per
yesterday; and Master Harry ditto repeated.

About eleven or twelve at night comes back the Governor in a chaise,
along with Mr. Walmers and a elderly lady. Mr. Walmers looks amused and
very serious, both at once, and says to our missis, "We are much indebted
to you, ma'am, for your kind care of our little children, which we can
never sufficiently acknowledge. Pray, ma'am, where is my boy?" Our
missis says, "Cobbs has the dear child in charge, sir. Cobbs, show
Forty!" Then he says to Cobbs, "Ah, Cobbs, I am glad to see _you_! I
understood you was here!" And Cobbs says, "Yes, sir. Your most
obedient, sir."

I may be surprised to hear Boots say it, perhaps; but Boots assures me
that his heart beat like a hammer, going up-stairs. "I beg your pardon,
sir," says he, while unlocking the door; "I hope you are not angry with
Master Harry. For Master Harry is a fine boy, sir, and will do you
credit and honour." And Boots signifies to me, that, if the fine boy's
father had contradicted him in the daring state of mind in which he then
was, he thinks he should have "fetched him a crack," and taken the
consequences.

But Mr. Walmers only says, "No, Cobbs. No, my good fellow. Thank you!"
And, the door being opened, goes in.

Boots goes in too, holding the light, and he sees Mr. Walmers go up to
the bedside, bend gently down, and kiss the little sleeping face. Then
he stands looking at it for a minute, looking wonderfully like it (they