I came in to sit with them, after I had done my work; and I felt so soothed and comforted to watch them, that I did not notice how time got on. You know, they both appeared in a measure my children: I had long been proud of one; and now, I was sure, the other would be a source of equal satisfaction. 
I came in to sit with them, after I had done my work; and I felt comforted to watch them, as if they had been my own children. 