I would be sure some of them would be killed or dreadfully hurt." "Children are wonderfully protected," said Mrs.Partridge, in a confident voice.
"So they are.

But to think of four little children, the youngest eleven months and the oldest not ten years old, left all alone, for a whole day!" "It is bad when we think about it, I know," returned Mrs.Partridge.
"It looks very bad! But I try and put that view of it out of my mind.
When I leave them in the morning they say they will be good children.
At dinner time I sometimes find them all fast asleep or playing about.
I never find them crying, or at all unhappy.

Jane loves the younger ones, and keeps them pleased all the time.

In the evening, when I get back from my work, there is generally no one awake but Jane.

She has given them the bread and milk I left for their suppers, and undressed and put them to bed." "Dear little girl! What a treasure she must be!" I could not help saying.
"She is, indeed.