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And she says at least Stella says I am to thank you for all your kindness, and nursie is very grateful to you too, said Vava to Mrs. Hackney. 'She is a treasure, and I am very glad you have her.
'And quite right too! Dearie me! if you knew how I've worried at the thought of you two lambs alone in this great city! But it's all right now; I'm here to look after you. And you've very decent neighbours, who know their place, and are very obliging without being forward at all, said Mrs. Morrison, for she it was. 'Oh I forgot Doreen; I must just go and tell her how glad we are to see nursie.
Hurriedly she unfolded her plan; and after some differences of opinion, dame Hagar agreed to play her part in the coming drama. Having finally arranged Hagar's rôle to their mutual satisfaction, Céline hurriedly recounted her day's adventures, saying, by way of finale: "So now you see, nursie, I must hasten and send madame's message on its way. I shall depend upon you to tell me if Mr.
Morrison kept to her kitchen, and sent in a nice dinner, for which Vava laid the table, having spent her morning flitting in and out of the kitchen, helping 'nursie, as she imagined, and it is doubtful which of them was the happier the old Scotchwoman, who had her bairns with her again, or the child, who obeyed her old nurse more willingly than her elder sister.
At last Vava observed, 'Nursie, I believe you are feverish. 'Miss Vava! exclaimed the old woman, 'what can you be thinking about? What makes you think I am feverish? I am not a bit hot, unless this big fire is making my face a bit red. 'I am not talking about your face; it is your voice that is feverish, and your eyes are glittering dreadfully, said Vava.
Shall I carry your little Highness? 'Impertinence! murmured the nurse, but she did not say it aloud, for she thought if she made him angry he might take his revenge by telling someone belonging to the house, and then it would be sure to come to the king's ears. 'No, thank you, said Irene. 'I can walk very well, though I can't run so fast as nursie.
I am not tired; it's you that must be worn-out, so here's your breakfasts for you, and you can just stay where you are for a while, and get up in time for the kirk, which is not far off, I hear, replied Mrs. Morrison, unfolding their table-napkins, and waiting on them as she used to do when they were children. Suddenly Vava exclaimed, 'Nursie, I must get up; the others will be hungry too!
So all that remained for the two orphans to do was to say good-bye to their friends, which they hurried over as much as possible, for partings are painful in any case, and it was especially so in this one, and the most painful was the parting from 'nursie, as they called Mrs. Morrison. 'And remember, my bairns, if you are ill or want me at any time, I'm here and ready to come to you.
He clung quite desperately to his sister when Mark offered to lift him from the carriage, but nurse was close behind, and it was good to see the little arms stretched out, and the head laid on her shoulder, the hand put up to stroke her cheek, and the lips whispering 'Wyn's own nursie. The jubilant greeting and triumphant procession with which he was borne upstairs seemed almost to oppress him.
Father would be horrified if he heard her; he'd say she was dangerous. 'She's only silly, said Vava in a superior tone. Then they were both silent, until she exclaimed suddenly, 'Doreen, I have it. I'll tell nursie all about it! 'She'll be worse than father; she's awfully strait-laced, protested Doreen. 'Yes, but she's very charitable too, and she likes Eva.
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