‘If I had but papa or mamma to go with me.’
‘Do you think I should do as well?’
‘Charlie!’
‘If you think there would be any use in it, and choose to take the trouble of lugging me about the country, I don’t see why you should not.’
‘Oh! Charlie, how very, kind! How thankful poor Laura will be to you! I do believe it will save him!’ cried Amabel, eagerly.
‘But, Amy,’—he paused—‘shall you like to see Redclyffe?’
‘Oh! that is no matter,’ said she, quickly. ‘I had rather see after Philip than anything. I told you how he was made my charge, you know. And Laura! Only will it not be too tiring for you?’
‘I can’t see how it should hurt me. But I forget, what is to be done about your daughter?’
‘I don’t know what harm it could do her,’ said Amy, considering. ‘Mrs. Gresham brought a baby of only three months old from Scotland the other day, and she is six. It surely cannot hurt her, but we will ask Dr. Mayerne.’
‘Mamma will never forgive us if we don’t take the doctor into our councils.’