They were all crying now. Suddenly King William stood forth in front of the child. “When we get rich, I’ll come for you,” he said.
The practical Alexina looked through the arrested tears as she sat up. “But if you don’t get rich?” she questioned.
Charlotte laughed. She was half child herself. The laugh died. The other half was woman. “Then he won’t come; if he is the son of his father, he won’t come.”
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PART TWO
“Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbour’s creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.”
EMERSON.