"Buck up, little boy; don't take it like this.

I'll--I'll be all right.

I'll--oh, I'll never forget you for feeling as you do, George.

I didn't think you'd really care so much." "Why,--why, Anne, of course I care," he gulped.

"Why shouldn't I care?
Aren't you my sister, and I your brother?
I'd be a fine mess of a thing if I didn't care.