The woman who only two moments ago cried with fat crocodile tears, smiled softly:

'I'm sure you will offer her a much better life than here. I'm sure it will be better for her. Although we will miss her a lot."

The modestly dressed, but clean, gentleman greeted Miss Blackwood with a smile and marched to the carriage where Dorothy Miller was helped by the coachman to get on. The little girl was now in the carriage crying heartbreakingly - she lost a sister for some ...