But Nancy, the storm over, brushed the tears away from her eyes, and sat back, resting her elbow upon her mother's knee.
"Oh, it is very silly of me to go on like this," half laughing, and half inclined to weep yet more. "I have been so worried you know, Mother. It's really stupid of me; but you mustn't blame yourself now that good luck has come to us, must you? You did what you thought was right, and you had a right to speak; and, after all, I _did_ leave everything to you--everything, and I might have wasted all my time. You were quite right, Mother."
"What was that line Willie was writing in his copybook last week?" said Mrs. Macdonald, holding the girl's hand fast, and looking, oh, so unlike her usual self--"Torches were made to burn; jewels to wear."
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