I have thought, all these years, bitterly of him; but perhaps I have been mistaken.

He has ever been kind and good to you, and, above all, he has given you back to me, and that will make me think differently of him, in future.

We all make mistakes, you know, and I have made terrible mistakes, and have been terribly punished for them.

I daresay I have made a mistake here; but whether or no, you shall never hear a word, from me, against the man who has been so kind to you." "And you will let me see him sometimes, grandpapa ?" the child said, taking his hand pleadingly.

"He said, if you said no, I must do as you told me; because somehow you are nearer to me than he is, though I don't know how that can be.