Eva went into the sitting-room, and fetched them out--the bunch of pinks, the cup and saucer, and the doll.

Ellen's eyes gave a quick look of love and delight at the doll.
"She had these, luggin' along in her little arms, when I first caught sight of her comin'," said Eva.
"Where did you get them, Ellen ?" asked Fanny.

"Who gave them to you ?" Ellen was silent, with all their inquiring eyes fixed upon her face like a compelling battery.

"Where have you been, Ellen, all the time you have been gone ?" asked Mrs.Zelotes.

"Now you have got back safe, you must tell us where you have been." Andrew stooped his head down to the child's, and rubbed his rough cheek against her soft one, with his old facetious caress.