I think she would be quite handy in a sick-room. At all
events, she can rock the baby. Shall I send her up until you get
some one else?"
"Oh, if you only would," answered Ella. "I should be so glad,"
So, it was arranged that _Dora_ should come next morning, and
then Eugenia, who was this time in a hurry, took her leave, having
first said that Mrs. Hastings "needn't think strange if Dora
called _her_ cousin and her mother _aunt,_ for she was a
poor relation, whom they had taken out of charity!"
At first Mrs. Deane objected to letting her niece go, "for she was
needed at home," she said; but Eugenia finally prevailed, as she
generally did, and the next morning Dora, who was rather pleased
with the change, started bundle in hand for Rose Hill. She had
never been there before, and she walked leisurely along, admiring
the beautiful house and grounds, and thinking Mrs. Hastings must
be very happy to live in so fine a place. Ella was unusually
nervous and low-spirited this morning, for her husband had gone to
Rochester; and when Dora was shown into the room she was indulging
in a fit of crying, and paid no attention whatever when Mrs.
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