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Dear little Dora! she did not know why Eugenia's eyes so quickly
sought the floor, nor understand why her aunt's hand was laid upon
her head so caressingly. Neither did she know that Alice's sudden
movement towards the window was to hide the expression of her
face; but when, a few days afterwards, she was herself presented
with a handsome merino, which both Eugenia and Alice volunteered
to make, she thought there was not in Dunwood a happier child than
herself. In the little orphan's pathway there were a few sunny
spots, and that night when, by the old green trunk, she knelt her
down to pray, she asked of God that he would reward her aunts and
cousins according to their kindnesses done to her!
Need we say that childish prayer was answered to the letter!
CHAPTER V.
ROSE HILL.
A little way out of the village of Dunwood, and situated upon a
slight eminence, was a large, handsome building, which had
formerly been owned by a Frenchman, who, from the great profusion
of roses growing upon his grounds, had given to the place the name
of "Rose Hill.
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