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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. " A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure, A messenger of peace on earth, a link between angels and men." M. F. Tupper. Meanwhile Lady Grizel was conducting Miss Frances up-stairs. Almost the first 3xclamation of the latter was, " Isn't Mrs. Sowerby a charming person ? " " She is vera generally liked." ' " Such a sweet face ! and how beautifully she sang that last song ! I could fancy what a mother she must be." 1 Lady Grizel's Scotch will be found throughout rather broader than probably was the case in reality. It must be remembered that the Scotch accent cannot be conveyed on paper. " "Well, if singing were all that were necessary for an infant, I think Mrs. Sowerby's would ha' little cause to complain. But, Miss Hooker, if ye'll believe me, it's now a little past four o'clock, and she has not been near the unlucky bairn since she was dressed this morning. That wasna ower airly, I'll allow." " Is there a nice nurse ? " " Why ? Have ye any special reason for asking? " said Lady Grizel, who had a true Scotchwoman's aversion to giving a plain answer to a plain question. " Oh, no; only I should like to see the baby." " We thought we had best put Mr. and Mrs. Sowerby and their nurse and baby all together down this passage," said Lady Grizel. As she spoke there was a sound of voices and of suppressed laughter inside one of the rooms, and before the ladieshad time to do more than glance at one another a footman in livery burst into the passage with a broad grin on his face, which changed to a deep flush and a sudden gravity of expression when he saw the ladies. " I would like to know what brings ye here, Barnett," said Lady Grizel severely. " Beg your la'ship's pardon. I only came to see if nurse had any letters for the post." ...