And I didn't like leaving him.

I'm sure, when I kissed him an' came away, it seemed a shame." So she talked to her son, almost as if she were thinking aloud to him, and he took it in as best he could, by sharing her trouble to lighten it.

And in the end she shared almost everything with him without knowing.
Morel had a very bad time.

For a week he was in a critical condition.
Then he began to mend.

And then, knowing he was going to get better, the whole family sighed with relief, and proceeded to live happily.
They were not badly off whilst Morel was in the hospital.