As to Sarah Evans! No fear of Mrs. Livesey ever undervaluing her again, or of any misunderstanding because the girl won and kept the affection of the youthful Liveseys one and all.
There is somebody else who knows Sarah's worth, also. It is an open secret that she would be in a home of her own now, but for the fact that a dutiful son has been unselfishly caring for his parents, and paving the way to future comfort for the girl he loves by patient waiting and working.
Sarah will marry later in life than most of the working girls she has known. Many of these have married in haste, and too young to be fitted for such solemn duties as those of wives and mothers. But when she goes to a husband's home, the pair will be able to look back on filial duties faithfully performed, and forward with confident expectation of a happy wedded life together.
If Adam Livesey could be questioned to-day about his own, he would say that, like Job's, God had graciously blessed his later days more than those of his youth.
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.