62 THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.

a worthy gentleman whom she married shortly after, and
whose kind treatment soon made her forget Blue Beard’s
cruelty.

 

THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.
age

A crear many years ago there lived in the county of Norfolk

a gentleman and his lady. The gentleman was brave, kind,
and of a noble spirit ; and the lady was gentle, beautiful, and
virtuous, They were very much loved by all who knew them ;
for they were always trying to do service to everybody who
came near them, or who had anything at all to do with them.
This lady and gentleman lived together very happily for many
years, for they loved each other most tenderly. They had two
children, who were as yet

very young ; for the elder,
who was‘a boy, was about
three years old, and the
younger, who was a girl,
not quite two years old. The
boy was very much like his
SEE S> father, and the girl was like
her mother. By the end of this time the gentleman fell sick,