Nadine's eyes filled with tears, and her heart thrilled with sympathy for her benefactress when she heard this.
"The poor lady!" she murmured. "I am so sorry for her, and she is so kind."
Madame Pradère received the two girls cordially, and asked them how they were getting on, and what were their plans for the future.
As they were taking their leave, she handed Nadine a sealed envelope, saying:
"Keep this in a safe place, and do not open it unless you are in great need. Remember me, my dear child; I will always be your friend."
CHAPTER IX.
NALLA TO THE RESCUE.
The Tambys' intention was to proceed to the fair at Beaulieu, where mountebanks usually did well, and as it would open in three weeks, and it would take them quite twenty days to get there with so old and weak a horse as Steady, they had little time to lose.
They set off in the forenoon, all four of them deeply regretting that they must leave this place, where they had found so many kind friends, and once more make their way amongst strangers, the most of whom took no interest in them whatever.