She told me I should find Bagot in the garden, and I went to look for him.
I MET MY MISTRESS COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
On my way there I met my mistress coming out of the house with a large basket on her arm. I knew what basket it was, and guessed at once where she was going. She spoke very kindly to me, and she said, "Peter, you and I have both had great sorrow since I saw you last; but we must never forget God sends it in love; we must never doubt for a moment that God is good.
"'He doeth all things well,
We say it now with tears;
But we shall sing it with those we love,
Through bright eternal years.'"
My mistress let me carry the basket for her, and we went together to feed Master Reggie's children. We both of us felt it very much, and we scarcely spoke a word the whole time.
"He would be so pleased if he knew we were taking care of them," my mistress said, with tears in her eyes, when our work was done, and we were walking towards the house. "He missed you very much, Peter, and asked many times when you were coming back. He was able to get out again after that bad attack that he had the day before you went home, and he seemed so much better and stronger that I felt very hopeful about him. But he took cold again, and the croup came back, and nothing could be done to save him.
"Only that last afternoon, as he lay on the sofa beside me, he was talking of you. He said:
"'Dear mother, is Peter sorry that the Lord Jesus came for his little brothers?'
"I told him you were very sorry, for you would miss them very much.