any time if you send for me i will come to see you with pleasure she just touched my hand again and smiled yon are veiy good she said under her breath as i rose from my chair you are very good come and see me again nurse went out of the room with me as she closed the door behind her i turned and asked her a question will she live through the night do you think oh yes replied she may live for weeks she has a wonderful store of strength behind all that exhaustion she will rally presently she does that every day that is the worst part of her complaint she might have lived for months or dragged on even for years if it had not been for this fever poor it is that which is her life out at the as i passed down the corridor i saw the princess the strange of ht life who was in her and on the look out for me i afraid to stay in the room with my daughter she said drawing me to the window he cause every a person who is breathing the air to her that is why i slipped away when i had taken yon in tell me what you think of her i think she looks ill madame i yes yes more than ill i shall not have my child with me long i am quite prepared for it i have expected it feared it dreaded it for months past hut it has been very near during these past few days it comes nearer with every moment she was pleased to see you she continued with a great effort at cheerfulness she seemed to be so she begged me to go and see her again you will send for me madame at any time that i can be of the smallest pleasure or distraction to her you are remaining in she said i am remaining for the present because i leaving and the doctor fears for my taking a journey while my health is so bad as it is just now i don t think that i shall get the fever i don t feel like it ah one never knows it would be better to get away i cannot go of course i could not move my daughter in her present condition that is out of the question but you � your tie here is broken you have yourself and your husband to think of my dear friend she went on laying her slim hand upon my shoulder with a gesture of affection such as only the shadow of grief ever in those who have but just learned to know each other for his sake you ought to get away not for a few days i said drawing a deep breath l z i c from i am not fit to take a journey and is not fit to do so either i have to think of her a little some indians do think of the natives yon know though the majority do not some treat the natives as if they were dirt under their feet and as if their lives were worth nothing but this poor soul clung to my little child with a devotion which any devotion which i have ever seen i cannot drag her off on a journey until she somewhat recovered from her exhaustion and grief i shall remain here for the present i ended people who have been used to living in india do not run away like scared from the mere chance of so i remained on and every day sometimes twice nurse would come round and fetch me to pay a visit to the young princess sometimes i would stay half an hour beside her not talking much but just sitting there at others she would be tired in ten minutes and one day she said to me mrs ha do you as a matter of fact i did sing not very much not to pride myself upon it � for i had never had the advantage or chance of receiving really good training � but i had a pleasant little pipe and i sang or i had been used to sing to please myself and those who loved me having found out so much she insisted on my singing to her she was passionately fond of music and the landlord of the hotel des who would i think have given his head to make the ladies happy or comfortable brought in a little piano from his wife s and put it in the large and airy apartment into which princess s bed was moved every morning through the folding doors from her sleeping chamber the of ht ufe after the coming of the piano i used to spend hours there during the course of the day going over all the that i had ever known not attempting to sing bat just over the airs which were her f and mine and sometimes the princess herself would come and sit listening and once or twice she come into the corridor with me and told me with tear laden eyes that never never should she he able to make me any adequate return for what i had been able to do for her but i cannot help being anxious and uneasy you she ended you ought to be away from this it is not right of you to stay here the risk is too great i shall not go away just at present i replied quietly the doctor thinks that i am better where i am and i have written to my physician in london sir who his opinion i am taking great care of myself i carry a perfect of and here touching the bosom of my dress and i am taking and all sorts of and i don t think you need me 