This lodge she entered; and after a short conversation with the inmate, beckoned to Alice to join her.
"Janet," said Alice's new protector to a comely and pleasant-eyed woman, "this is the young person--you will show her and the infant every attention.

I shall send down proper clothing for her to-morrow, and I shall then have thought what will be best for her future welfare." With that the lady smiled benignly upon Alice, whose heart was too full to speak; and the door of the cottage closed upon her, and Alice thought the day had grown darker..