"What a lovely smile she has. Nellie, I can't cry; I can only feel just now that she has gone in to see the King."
"It brings heaven very near," said Nellie. "I have felt as if I had gone almost to the gate."
"And dear little Tom?" asked Christina softly.
"He seems half in heaven," she answered.
[CHAPTER XVII.]
IN THE NIGHT.
"COULD you not save yourself, dear papa?" asked Nellie, looking up in Dr. Arundel's grave face as he prepared to visit his patients the next morning.
"No, my child; it would be no 'save' to me to know they were neglected or troubled. I would rather go and see them."