"I have had a letter.

It was for that I sent for you--to tell you about it.

I have a letter from the grandfather of Hugh, with whom he has lived since his parents died, and he accepts my invitation.

Hugh is to come to live with us, as his mother would have wished.

His grandfather can spare him, for he has other grandchildren, and we need him, do we not, my Jeanne?
My little girl needs a little brother--and I loved his mother so much," she added in a lower voice.
Jeanne could not speak.