Harvey helped carry her into the little room off the parlor.
“You dear little thing, all you need is lots of fresh eggs and your ma’s nursing to set you up again,” he said to her.
“Yes, Harvey, she is feeling very ill now, but we will all help her get well,” said Patience, as they went out of the room together, leaving Elsie to rest in her mother’s care.
CHAPTER XXXI
WITH THE ROSES OF LOVE
Mrs. Welcome came into the little bedroom very quietly one afternoon about a week later, in her hands a large glass bowl overflowing with roses.
She put it down on the table beside the bed and stood looking wistfully at the small dark head on the pillow.
Elsie felt her there, opened her eyes and smiled as she saw the flowers. A deeper color burned for a moment in her cheeks.