"You have been good to me," said Nerina; and from the bottom of her heart she thought so. "I came to see if you wanted me," she added humbly.
"No, no. They think ill of you for going my errands. Poor child, I have done you harm enough. I will not do you more."
"You have done me only good."
"What! When my mother has turned you out of the house!"
"It is her right."
"Let it be so for a moment. You shall come back. You are with old Alaida?"
"Yes."
"How can you be out to-night?"
"She sleeps heavily, and the lock is not hard."
"You are a brave child."