Can you furnish any other proof that you are what you represent ?" "I judged that the letter would be sufficient.

Doesn't it speak of me as the nurse ?" "True; but how can we be sure that the writer is Ida's mother ?" "The tone of the letter, sir.

Would anybody else write like that ?" "Then you have read the letter ?" asked the cooper, quickly.
"It was read to me before I set out." "By whom ?" "By Ida's mother.

I do not blame you for your caution," said the visitor.

"You must be deeply interested in the happiness of the dear child, of whom you have taken such excellent care.