Page 78 - The Little sister of Wilifred

which for the first time it occurred to
her were very pretty. As for the little

girl's companions she hardly saw them,
so that when the Doctor suddenly

spoke close beside her she gave a start

of surprise.
“ What do you want here?" he

asked, in a tone which he tried to make
sharp, but. which his really kind heart

forbade.
The look Peggy gave him from out

her timid eyes carried him back to

that day when she had hidden her face
in the matron’s lap, while her sister had

toddled across the floor to his side.
Then he had wished to carry her off

with the other child ; but now his chief
desire was that he might never, or more

particularly that Wilifred might never

see her again. For the Doctor was a
proud man, and he did not like to think