Foolish child! tired of the only comfort I have on earth!
Let us say no more, then, on this subject.—I came to speak to you of something else.
And I will listen to thee most willingly.
MISS FRANKLAND (with emotion).
I thank you—I am going—I would not give you pain—I should not have ventured
——
What is the meaning of all these
I's, and
would not's and
should not's, and pauses, and pantings?
Bear with me a moment. I shall be able to speak coherently by and by.
[A pause, during which he looks earnestly in her face.]
Well, dear Fanny, what is it?
MISS FRANKLAND (in a hurried manner).
Are you sure that your daughter left no child behind her?
Quite sure.—I am confident of it.—I have
