They went a little apart from the knot of people who had congregated about the coach, and fell upon each other's neck, and sobbed, and wept with joy.

Their plain and simple dress, the distance which the child had come alone, their agitation and delight, and the tears they shed, would have told their history by themselves.
They became a little more composed in a short time, and went away, not so much hand in hand as clinging to each other.

'Are you sure you're happy, sister ?' said the child as they passed where Nell was standing.
'Quite happy now,' she answered.

'But always ?' said the child.

'Ah, sister, why do you turn away your face ?' Nell could not help following at a little distance.