Do be a little cheerful.

Remember, I have no companion but you in this out-of-the-way place." "I am very sorry, sir," said Ruth, her eyes filling with tears; and then she remembered that it was very dull for him to be alone with her, heavy-hearted as she had been all day.

She said in a sweet, penitent tone: "Would you be so kind as to teach me one of those games at cards you were speaking about yesterday, sir?
I would do my best to learn." Her soft, murmuring voice won its way.

They rang for the cards, and he soon forgot that there was such a thing as depression or gloom in the world, in the pleasure of teaching such a beautiful ignoramus the mysteries of card-playing.
"There!" said he, at last, "that's enough for one lesson.

Do you know, little goose, your blunders have made me laugh myself into one of the worst headaches I have had for years." He threw himself on the sofa, and in an instant she was by his side.
"Let me put my cool hands on your forehead," she begged; "that used to do mamma good." He lay still, his face away from the light, and not speaking.
Presently he fell asleep.