a wrench to me to part with you.


BERTA.

[On the point of weeping.] And do you think it wasn't hard for me,
too, Miss? After all the blessed years I've been with you and Miss
Rina.(1)


MISS TESMAN.

We must make the best of it, Berta. There was nothing else to be
done. George can't do without you, you see-he absolutely can't.
He has had you to look after him ever since he was a little boy.


BERTA.

Ah but, Miss Julia, I can't help thinking of Miss Rina lying helpless
at home there, poor thing. And with only that new girl too! She'll
never learn to take proper care of an invalid.


MISS TESMAN.

Oh, I shall manage to train her. And of course, you know, I shall
take most of it upon myself. You needn't be uneasy about my poor
sister, my dear Berta.