" "How could you find out what sort of heart he has?" "We are great friends.

I know him very well.

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.