"You had better not come in," she said at length. "We will say good-bye here."
"Do you think you can bear it, mother?" Ruth questioned, the tears welling suddenly up into her eyes.
"Oh yes," she answered, with a pathetic smile. "There'll be nothing to worry about, you know, and I shall have plenty to eat."
Ruth threw her arms about her mother's neck and burst into a passion of tears. "Oh, I never thought we should come to this!" she sobbed.
"Ruth threw her arms about her mother's neck and burst into a passion of tears."
"It won't matter, my girl, when we are in heaven," was the quiet and patient answer.