"I am sure," said Margaret, "I am sure you did not know; it was quite sudden. But, now, you see, it would be different; you do know; you do see her lying there; you hear what she said with her last breath. You will not go?"
No answer. In fact, where was he to look for comfort?
"Come home with me," said she at last, with a bold venture, half trembling at her own proposal as she made it. "At least you shall have some comfortable food, which I'm sure you need."
"Yo'r father's a parson?" asked he, with a sudden turn in his ideas.
"He was," said Margaret, shortly.

'It was quite sudden,' said Margaret. 'But now you do know; you do see her lying there; you hear what she said with her last breath. You will not go?'
No answer. Where was he to look for comfort?
'Come home with me,' said she at last, boldly, yet half trembling. 'At least you shall have some good food, which I'm sure you need.'
'Your father's a parson?'
'He was,' said Margaret, shortly.
