"
"Fortunately!" cried the exultant Mrs. Ormonde, opening the door of a
luxuriously appointed nursery.
"Here, nurse, I have brought Miss Liddell to see Master Ormonde."
A middle-aged woman, well dressed, and of authoritative aspect, rose
from where she sat at needle-work, and came forward.
"I have only just got him to sleep, ma'am," she said, almost in a
whisper, "and if he is awoke now, I'll not get him off again before
midnight."
"We'll be very careful, nurse. Is he not a fine little fellow,
Katherine?" and she softly turned back the bedclothes from the sturdy,
chubby child, who had a somewhat bull dog style of countenance and a
beautifully fair skin.
"How ridiculously like Colonel Ormonde he is!" whispered Katherine. "I
do not see any trace of you."
"No; he is quite an Ormonde. He is twice as big as either Cis or Charlie
was at his age."
After a few civil comments Katherine suggested their visiting the other
children.
"Perhaps it would be wiser not to go," said the mother; "they will not
be so sound asleep as baby, and----"
"You must indulge me this once, Ada. I long to look at them."
"Oh! of course, dear; ring for Eliza, nurse; she will show Miss Liddell
the way. I must go back; it would never do to leave Lady Alice so long
alone.
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