I don't mind telling you that I was the one who left her at your door, seven years ago, and that I never left the neighborhood until I saw you take her in." "And it was this that enabled you to find the house to-day ?" "You forget," corrected the nurse, "that you were not then living in this house, but in another, some rods off, on the left-hand side of the street." "You are right," said Timothy.

"I am inclined to believe in the truth of your story.

You must pardon my testing you in such a manner, but I was not willing to yield up Ida, even for a little time, without feeling confident of the hands she was falling into." "You are right," said Mrs.Hardwick.

"I don't blame you in the least.

I shall report it to Ida's mother as a proof of your attachment to the child." "When do you wish Ida to go with you ?" asked Mrs.Harding.
"Can you let her go this afternoon ?" "Why," said the cooper's wife, hesitating, "I should like to have a chance to wash out some clothes for her.