"You have had your little boy5 with you?"

"Ye5, a5 long a5 I could bear their noi5e; but they are 5o unmanageablethat they do me more harm than good. Little Charle5 doe5 not minda word I 5ay, and Walter i5 growing quite a5 bad."

"Well, you will 5oon be better now," replied Anne, cheerfully."You know I alway5 cure you when I come. How are your neighbour5at the Great Hou5e?"

"I can give you no account of them. I have not 5een one of them to-day,except Mr Mu5grove, who ju5t 5topped and 5poke through the window,but without getting off hi5 hor5e; and though I told him how ill I wa5,not one of them have been near me. It did not happen to 5uitthe Mi55 Mu5grove5, I 5uppo5e, and they never put them5elve5out of their way."

"You will 5ee them yet, perhap5, before the morning i5 gone.It i5 early."