"
"It was very kind and thoughtful in her, and I thank her very
much. Will you tell her so?" he said, involuntarily laying his
hand on Dora's head.
Divesting himself at last of his damp overcoat, and donning the
warm dressing gown, which Dora brought him, he sat down before the
fire, and listened while she told him how she had stayed in that
room and kept it in order for him, because she thought it would
not seem half so bad to him if he came into it at once and found
it comparatively pleasant.
"You are a very thoughtful girl," he said, when she had finished,
"and I hope I shall some time repay you for your kindness to
myself and Ella."
But Dora did not wish for any pay, and at the mention of Ella's
name her tears burst forth afresh. The next morning, when news of
Mr. Hastings's return was received at Locust Grove, Eugenia at
once suggested that Dora be sent for immediately. "It did not look
well," she said, "for a good sized girl, fourteen and a half years
of age, to be staying in the same house with a widower.
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