"Mamma," said Margaret, "I was at Aunt Shaw's when it all happened; and I suppose I was not old enough to be told plainly about it. But I should like to know now, if I may--if it does not give you too much pain to speak about it."

'Mamma,' said Margaret, 'I was at Aunt Shaw's when it all happened; and I was not old enough to be told plainly about it. But I should like to know now - if it does not give you too much pain to speak about it.'
