Complete 5/6 By the by, will my Neogilos be brought up like Hector, or Astyanax--videlicet, nourished by its mother, or by a nurse ?" "Which do you prefer, Mr.Caxton ?" asked Mr.Squills, breaking the sugar in his tumbler. "In this I always deem it my duty to consult the wishes of the gentleman." "A nurse by all means, then," said my father. "And let her carry him upo kolpo, next to her bosom. I know all that has been said about mothers nursing their own infants, Mr.Squills; but poor Kitty is so sensitive that I think a stout, healthy peasant woman will be the best for the boy's future nerves, and his mother's nerves, present and future too. |