When the evening came and the sun was gone, it seemed as if that was all I had to wait for. And a new strength came into me to will what I would do. You know what I did. I was going to die. You know what happened--did he not tell you? Faith came to me again; I was not forsaken. He told you how he found me?"
Mrs. Meyrick gave no audible answer, but pressed her lips against Mirah's forehead.
* * * * *
"She's just a pearl; the mud has only washed her," was the fervid little woman's closing commentary when, _tete--tete_ with Deronda in the back parlor that evening, she had conveyed Mirah's story to him with much vividness.

When the evening came and the sun was gone, a new strength came into me to decide what I would do. You know what I did. You know what happened - did he not tell you? Faith came to me again; I was not forsaken. He told you how he found me?"
Mrs. Meyrick gave no audible answer, but pressed her lips against Mirah's forehead.
* * * * *
"She's just a pearl; the mud has only washed her," was her closing comment to Deronda that evening, after she had related Mirah's story with much vividness.
