"I am very sorry for you," was all that Miss Roseberry could say.
"Everybody is sorry for me," answered the nurse, as patiently as ever; "everybody is kind to me.

But the lost place is not to be regained.

I can't get back! I can't get back ?" she cried, with a passionate outburst of despair--checked instantly the moment it had escaped her.

"Shall I tell you what my experience has been ?" she resumed.

"Will you hear the story of Magdalen--in modern times ?" Grace drew back a step; Mercy instantly understood her.
"I am going to tell you nothing that you need shrink from hearing," she said.