She bears everything like an angel--I never heard a complaint from her in my life--not even when she was suffering tortures--but the doctors say now that another failure of her heart would be fatal." "I know," she admitted softly, "they said that twenty years ago, didn't they ?" "Well, she's been on her back almost all the time during those twenty years.

It's wonderful what she's borne--her angelic patience.

And, of course her hopes all hang on me now.

She's got nobody else." "But I thought Miss Kesiah was so devoted to her." "Oh, she is--she is, but Aunt Kesiah has never really understood her.
Just to look at them, you can tell how different they are.

That's how it is Blossom--I'm tied, you see--tied hand and foot." "Yes, I see," she rejoined.