Last winter, soon after...you came to see us," she said, with a guilty and at the same time confiding smile, "all Dolly's children had scarlet fever, and he happened to come and see her.

And only fancy," she said in a whisper, "he felt so sorry for her that he stayed and began to help her look after the children.

Yes, and for three weeks he stopped with them, and looked after the children like a nurse.