Oh, I sha'n't be able to speak a word soon, I sha'n't!" "Don't, don't talk, dear.

I'll talk instead, and you listen.

Don't you think, mother dear, I could--could always sleep with you?
I wouldn't disturb you; indeed, indeed I wouldn't! You don't know how quiet I lie.
If I'm wakeful ever I seem to have such a lot to think about, and I lie so still and quiet, you can't think.

I never wake Mrs.Led ward, indeed.

Do let me, mother; just try me!" Lotty broke out into passionate weeping, wrung her hands, and hid her face in the pillow.