And who is Gelsomina ?" Mr.Longdon enquired.
"She's my old nurse--my old maid." "I see.

Well, one must always be kind to old maids.

But who's Dr.
Beltram ?" "Oh the most intimate friend of all.

We tell him everything." There was for Mr.Longdon in this, with a slight incertitude, an effect of drollery.

"Your little troubles ?" "Ah they're not always so little! And he takes them all away." "Always ?--on the spot ?" "Sooner or later," said little Aggie with serenity.