Bessie Bell did not know what all that was about, but she felt so sorry for the lady that she squeezed down ever so softly on her hand that held her own still so tightly.
Sister Helen Vincula wiped her eyes.
The lady kept looking away off, but still held Bessie Bell's hand in hers.
Then Sister Helen Vincula said: "We are going away to-morrow."
But the lady held fast to Bessie Bell's hand and said: "Not this little girl."
"Oh," said Sister Helen Vincula, "but she is in my charge, and so what can I do!"
And the lady said: "I cannot let her leave me—not ever."
But Sister Helen Vincula said: "Oh, madam, you do not know. No matter what we hope, we do not know—"
But the lady held still faster to Bessie Bell's hand.
"Oh," said Sister Helen Vincula, "I have a thought! Come to our cabin with me."