I perfectly understand Mr Robinson's directions, and have no fears; and indeed, Mary, I cannot wonder at your husband.

Nursing does not belong to a man; it is not his province.

A sick child is always the mother's property: her own feelings generally make it so." "I hope I am as fond of my child as any mother, but I do not know that I am of any more use in the sick-room than Charles, for I cannot be always scolding and teazing the poor child when it is ill; and you saw, this morning, that if I told him to keep quiet, he was sure to begin kicking about.

I have not nerves for the sort of thing." "But, could you be comfortable yourself, to be spending the whole evening away from the poor boy ?" "Yes; you see his papa can, and why should not I?
Jemima is so careful; and she could send us word every hour how he was.

I really think Charles might as well have told his father we would all come.