And little Edie is so delighted.

They have played all the morning like kittens; and a little while ago lay down, just as you see them--tired out, I suppose--and fell off to sleep.

It must have been hard for the mother to part with that child--hard, very hard." And Mrs.Claire sighed.
"You will scarcely be willing to give her up, if she remains here long," said Edward.
"I don't know how I should feel to part from her, even now.

Oh, isn't it sad to think that she has no living soul to love or care for her in the world." "Mr.Jasper is her guardian, you know." "Yes; and such a guardian!" "I should not like to have my child dependent on his tender mercies, certainly.

But he will have little to do with her beyond paying the bills for her maintenance.