``Oh,'' said Sister Helen Vincula, ``but she is in my charge, and so
what can I do!''

And the lady said: ``I cannot let her leave me--not ever.''

But Sister Helen Vincula said: ``Oh, madam, you do not know. No
matter what we hope, we do not know--''

But the lady held still faster to Bessie Bell's hand.

``Oh,'' said Sister Helen Vincula, ``I have a thought! Come to our
cabin with me.''

So they went.

And Bessie Bell walked between Sister Helen Vincula and the lady.

And they each held one of her little pink hands.

When they were at the cabin Sister Helen Vincula opened the old
trunk with the brass tacks on it, and she went down to the very
bottom of it, unpacking as she went. For the old trunk was almost
entirely packed for the going away to-morrow. Then Sister Helen
Vincula took out, from almost the bottom of the trunk, the little
white night-gown that had ``Bessie Bell'' written on it with linen
thread.

And Sister Helen Vincula laid the little white night-gown across the
lady's lap.