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86 speak cheerfully, but, at last, even her voice failed. They heard the carriage come round to the door, and all started up from the untasted meal; a few minutes were given to the bustle of preparation, when Eda having taken care that there should not be a moment's delay to irritate Mrs. Dalton, took Julia on her knee, and said, in an earnest and, at first, a calm voice, "You are going away, my own darling child, going, I trust in God, for your own good; you will have to learn many things which your poor Eda could not teach you. But you will not forget what she has taught you, to be a good child, always to speak the truth, and when you say your prayers at night, think if you deserve to pray for your sister. God bless you, my dearest, God bless you:" and she kissed the weeping child, her tears fast mingling with those which Julia was shedding. "Dry your eyes, my own darling," exclaimed Eda, for at that moment a servant announced "that the carriage was ready."

Eda led the two children into the hall, which