She looked up now, for she would not distress Mr. Shubrick by giving way to the tears which would have been a relief to herself. She looked up with such a face! the eyes shining through tears, the mouth trembling with a smile; sunshine and rain all in one glitter. "And that is the way he has been taken care of!" she said.
Mr. Shubrick stooped his face gently to hers with a mute, caressing motion, leaving her time to get rid of those encumbering tears or to shed more of them; waiting till the tremor subsided a little. Soon Dolly spoke again.
"It has been such a weight on me—oh, such a weight! I could hardly bear it sometimes. And now—this is better."
"Yes," he said.
"You had to know of it. I was very sorry!"
"Sorry that I should know?"
"Oh yes, yes! Sorry and ashamed. Sorry for you, too." Dolly's trembling was excessive.
"Hush!" said Sandie softly. "What is yours is mine; sorrow and joy together. I think I had better go and take up my old office of nurse again."
"Oh," said Dolly, starting, and a glad tone coming into her voice, "would you? How he would like that!"
"It must have been a little hard for them both to have you come away just now. I think we will go and comfort them up, Dolly."