"Basil, you will never love me in the old way again."
"I love you better than anyone else in all the world, Ermie. Look up into mother's eyes; they are smiling at you."
"I know what they are saying," answered Ermengarde. She clasped her hands; there was a stronger, better look than Basil had ever noticed before on her pretty face. "Mother's eyes are saying, 'You have been very selfish, Ermie, and very——' What is it, Basil?"
"Yes," interrupted Basil. "I think selfishness was at the root of all this trouble. I never knew any one so unselfish as Maggie."
"And mother's eyes say," continued Ermengarde, "'Take courage—and—and——'"
"I think mother is telling you to try to copy our dear little Maggie," said Basil.
THE END.
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