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76 "It is very natural," replied her husband, "she and her sister have never been parted before–Perhaps it would be best to let both go to school."

"Nay, nay," she exclaimed, "I will not be robbed of my little pupil: you know, my dear, you are always out in the morning, and Ellen's education will fill up my solitary hours: besides, she is not strong enough for a school." No more was said, and early the next morning Mr. Dalton set off to a distant part of the country whence he was to join his wife in London. The two children had hurried to the nursery, and, throwing themselves at Eda's feet, and hiding their faces in her lap, gave way to the tears they had with such difficulty suppressed. It was long before their nurse could learn the cause of such passionate grief; at last, she distinguished the broken words of "going to school." "And is that all," exlcaimedexclaimed [sic] she, "why you ought to be glad—you will learn so many things that you ought to know: do you remember how your poor mother used to