"Thank you for helping us so nicely," said Nellie. "We all felt it rather an ordeal, never having done such a thing before; but—"
"So it was; and it only shows what may be done with a little courage."
"Yes; and Walter has so much. He is truly brave."
"Your brother?"
"My own dear brother!"
[CHAPTER IX.]
CHRISTINA.
THREE months before this, two visitors were sitting in one of the large houses in South Bay. The blinds were down, and the room, though large and handsome, seemed dull and cheerless.