"But aren't we going away now?" said Orion.
Aunt Sarah sat down at the foot of one of the beds with a white face.
"Come to me, little missy," she said to Diana.
The child went to her.
"I's k'ite well," she said, "only a little giddy. Why, Aunt Sawah, you's kying."
"I thought you were dead for a minute, my little miss; you that is the image of my Rachel, what the good God took from me. I thought you were dead, and it 'most broke my 'eart—oh, little missy, little darlin'!"
"But, Diana, aren't we going away?" Said Orion. "You promised, and you never broke your word."
"I pwomised, and I never break my word," said Diana. "Yes, Orion, yes; we is going away."
"I declare," said Aunt Sarah, "I believe it would be the right thing to do. It would kill me if you was killed, missy—and them 'orses!"
"They is darlin's," interrupted Diana.