"Well," said she, "there you are! Why, you look smart enough.
I've come to see you."
"Have you?" said Ellen, uneasily.
"Miss Fortune's gone out, and she told me to come and take care of you; so I'm a going to spend the afternoon."
"Are you?" said Ellen, again.
"Yes; ain't you glad? I knew you must be lonely, so I thought
I'd come."
There was a mischievous twinkle in Nancy's eyes. Ellen for once in her life wished for her aunt's presence.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing," said Ellen.
"Nothing indeed! It's a fine thing to lie there and do nothing. You won't get well in a hurry, I guess will you? You look as well as I do this minute. Oh, I always knew you was a sham."
"You are very much mistaken," said Ellen, indignantly; "I have been very sick, and I am not at all well yet."