"Dawson is worth her weight in gold," she would say sometimes. "When
the children were young I was never afraid to leave them in her
charge, I knew I could trust her;" and once she said with a sigh, "I
cannot forget her devotion to my dear Florence. She watched beside
her night and day, and yet there were other nurses. I shall never
forget her saying to me, 'Dear Miss Flo mustn't wake up and find
herself amongst strangers, or she will be scared, poor lamb. She
will like to see her old nurse's face, bless her,' and it seemed to
us all as though she lived without sleep. She was right too," went
on Mrs. Herrick softly, "for when Florence caught sight of her she
put out her arms with such a smile. 'It is my own dear nurse,' they
heard her say--those were my darling's last words."
When Dawson had left the room Malcolm looked at Anna with a smile.
"Well," he said tentatively, "have you made up your mind about to-
morrow; is it to be Kew, or Cookham and Henley?" But to his surprise
the question seemed to embarrass the girl.
"We have been so often to Kew," she returned in a hesitating voice;
"and though the Quarry woods are delightful, it will be so hot on
the river.
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