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This is Miss Waterlow in bed.
Mrs. Waterlow is kissing her goodnight, and saying:
"God bless you and keep you, my darling darlingest, my sweetheart, my little baby one."
Miss Waterlow gives a little far-away smile. She is thinking:
"I know a funny thing to think when I'm alone."
Mrs. Waterlow is looking at her as if she could never stop looking, and saying:
"Thank you, and thank you, God, for giving me my darling darlingest. You do understand, don't you, that it doesn't matter what happens to me, but oh! don't let anything terrible happen to her!"
Miss Waterlow is thinking:
"I shall pretend I'm big as the moon, and nobody can catch me I'm so big. Isn't that funny?"
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