"Oh! Papa—those poor children!"
"What of them, dearest?"
"Poor little things!—how they shiver! Do look at them."
Sir William advanced to the window, and, elevating his eye-glass, directed his attention on the objects which had so powerfully excited the sympathy of Adeline:—they were the Blenkinsops!
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"Oh!" said Sir William; "ah!—yes, I see, love."
"See, Papa" pursued Adeline, "that poor little boy holding the girl's cloak,—he is all in rags! And look how the girl is crying! And the tall boy—how wretchedly ill he looks!"