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for his dear mamma; whilst Rosa, too
young to comprehend what was meant
by dying, would often ask why she did
not come to them, and whether she
had indeed left them, and why, and
how long she would stay away? ‘The
tears of her brother seemed to affect
her more.than the cause. She wept
because he wept; often urging him, to
patience, by saying, ‘ do not. ery so,
my dear Charles; I am sure my mamma
won't stay away long, and then we shall
be taken home again to our own pretty
parlour and garden. But I do not care
about that if she would come and hve
with us here; for we love Nurse, and I
am sure she loves us. Don’t you,
Nurse ?”"—“ Ah, that I do, my sweet
child,” cried Dame Morgan ; “and it
would be a sin anda shame if I did not,

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