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Nanny was very far from perfect, and the reason she forsook the kirk utterly was because she had no Sabbath clothes. She died as she had lived, saying not a word when the minister, thinking it his duty, drew a cruel comparison between her life and her husband's.

When Cynthia's son turned to walk home with her Nanny waved him back and spoke curtly. "My goodness no! You mustn't. I never let anybody escort me about this foolish little town." Then she hurried home alone and left John Knight standing on his hilltop.

And even Mamerzelle also has claims to remain with Miss Eve, for she has taught her many things, I dare say, that it is good to know. Oh! no, no, no! no one has a right to tear us asunder, and no one will have the heart to do it." "Nanny, Nanny," murmured Eve, "you do not, cannot know the cruel Arabs!"

"Nothing of that sort, with my consent, ever shall happen, my excellent Nanny. And now that Annette is about to get married, I shall have more than the usual necessity for your services." "And Mamerzelle, ma'am?" inquired Nanny, with sparkling eyes; "I suppose she, too, will return to her own country, now you know every thing, and have no farther occasion for her?"

"No, I seem to understand her differently. "What do you know of her?" "That is just it," said the doctor, irritated by Gavin's coolness. "I know she saved Nanny from the poor-house, but I don't know where she got the money. I know she can talk fine English when she chooses, but I don't know where she learned it.

She put her hand into her pocket confidently, as if used to well-filled purses, but could only draw out two silver pieces. "I had forgotten," she said aloud, though speaking to herself. "I thought so," said the cynical doctor. "Come, Nanny." "You presume to doubt me!" the Egyptian said, blocking his way to the door. "How could I presume to believe you?" he answered.

I did as she wished, and then Nanny bid me hold my head closer to her, while she whispered, "You must take the back out of the fireplace, and then pull out three bricks, and then put your hand into the hole, and you will find a small box; and there you will find a little money, a very little, Jack, hardly worth having, but still it may be of some use; and it's all yours when I die, Jack, I give it to you."

I do believe a ruby is for good luck!" "It did me good right then," said Nanny. "For that night I had such a lovely dream. It began with a red sunset like my darling ruby ring. Then somehow a wind came out of it and blew me along out of the dirty streets into a yard with a lovely lawn of soft grass." "That was North Wind, I know!" cried Diamond. "That is what she does to me."

One day while they were walking along the road he stopped suddenly and looked at her. "Are you tired?" he asked abruptly. "No I'm not tired," Nanny said a little surprised at the question. "Are you ill?" he next wanted to know. "Ill? Why no. Not that I know of." He searched her eyes for the truth. Nanny, not daring to trust herself, turned away her head with an unsteady little laugh. "Why?"

One of the severest trials or "crosses," as she herself termed it that poor Nanny had ever experienced, was endured when Eve began to speak in a language she could not herself comprehend; for, in despite of the best intentions in the world, and twelve years of use, the good woman could never make anything of the foreign tongues her young charge was so rapidly acquiring.