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Thus
the
three
months
passed
away
,
but
Mr
.
Raymond
did
not
return
.
Joseph
had
been
looking
anxiously
for
him
,
chiefly
with
the
desire
of
getting
rid
of
Ruby
—
not
that
he
was
absolutely
of
no
use
to
him
,
but
that
he
was
a
constant
weight
upon
his
mind
.
Indeed
,
as
far
as
provision
went
,
he
was
rather
worse
off
with
Ruby
and
Nanny
than
he
had
been
before
,
but
on
the
other
hand
,
Nanny
was
a
great
help
in
the
house
,
and
it
was
a
comfort
to
him
to
think
that
when
the
new
baby
did
come
,
Nanny
would
be
with
his
wife
.
Of
God
’
s
gifts
a
baby
is
of
the
greatest
;
therefore
it
is
no
wonder
that
when
this
one
came
,
she
was
as
heartily
welcomed
by
the
little
household
as
if
she
had
brought
plenty
with
her
.
Of
course
she
made
a
great
difference
in
the
work
to
be
done
—
far
more
difference
than
her
size
warranted
,
but
Nanny
was
no
end
of
help
,
and
Diamond
was
as
much
of
a
sunbeam
as
ever
,
and
began
to
sing
to
the
new
baby
the
first
moment
he
got
her
in
his
arms
.
But
he
did
not
sing
the
same
songs
to
her
that
he
had
sung
to
his
brother
,
for
,
he
said
,
she
was
a
new
baby
and
must
have
new
songs
;
and
besides
,
she
was
a
sister
-
baby
and
not
a
brother
-
baby
,
and
of
course
would
not
like
the
same
kind
of
songs
.
Where
the
difference
in
his
songs
lay
,
however
,
I
do
not
pretend
to
be
able
to
point
out
.
One
thing
I
am
sure
of
,
that
they
not
only
had
no
small
share
in
the
education
of
the
little
girl
,
but
helped
the
whole
family
a
great
deal
more
than
they
were
aware
.
How
they
managed
to
get
through
the
long
dreary
expensive
winter
,
I
can
hardly
say
.
Sometimes
things
were
better
,
sometimes
worse
.
But
at
last
the
spring
came
,
and
the
winter
was
over
and
gone
,
and
that
was
much
.
Still
,
Mr
.
Raymond
did
not
return
,
and
although
the
mother
would
have
been
able
to
manage
without
Nanny
now
,
they
could
not
look
for
a
place
for
her
so
long
as
they
had
Ruby
;
and
they
were
not
altogether
sorry
for
this
One
week
at
last
was
worse
than
they
had
yet
had
.
They
were
almost
without
bread
before
it
was
over
.
But
the
sadder
he
saw
his
father
and
mother
looking
,
the
more
Diamond
set
himself
to
sing
to
the
two
babies
.
One
thing
which
had
increased
their
expenses
was
that
they
had
been
forced
to
hire
another
little
room
for
Nanny
.
When
the
second
baby
came
,
Diamond
gave
up
his
room
that
Nanny
might
be
at
hand
to
help
his
mother
,
and
went
to
hers
,
which
,
although
a
fine
place
to
what
she
had
been
accustomed
to
,
was
not
very
nice
in
his
eyes
.
He
did
not
mind
the
change
though
,
for
was
not
his
mother
the
more
comfortable
for
it
?
And
was
not
Nanny
more
comfortable
too
?
And
indeed
was
not
Diamond
himself
more
comfortable
that
other
people
were
more
comfortable
?
And
if
there
was
more
comfort
every
way
,
the
change
was
a
happy
one
.
IT
WAS
Friday
night
,
and
Diamond
,
like
the
rest
of
the
household
,
had
had
very
little
to
eat
that
day
.
The
mother
would
always
pay
the
week
’
s
rent
before
she
laid
out
anything
even
on
food
.
His
father
had
been
very
gloomy
—
so
gloomy
that
he
had
actually
been
cross
to
his
wife
.
It
is
a
strange
thing
how
pain
of
seeing
the
suffering
of
those
we
love
will
sometimes
make
us
add
to
their
suffering
by
being
cross
with
them
.
This
comes
of
not
having
faith
enough
in
God
,
and
shows
how
necessary
this
faith
is
,
for
when
we
lose
it
,
we
lose
even
the
kindness
which
alone
can
soothe
the
suffering
.
Diamond
in
consequence
had
gone
to
bed
very
quiet
and
thoughtful
—
a
little
troubled
indeed
.
It
had
been
a
very
stormy
winter
,
and
even
now
that
the
spring
had
come
,
the
north
wind
often
blew
.
When
Diamond
went
to
his
bed
,
which
was
in
a
tiny
room
in
the
roof
,
he
heard
it
like
the
sea
moaning
;
and
when
he
fell
asleep
he
still
heard
the
moaning
.
All
at
once
he
said
to
himself
,
“
Am
I
awake
,
or
am
I
asleep
?
”
But
he
had
no
time
to
answer
the
question
,
for
there
was
North
Wind
calling
him
.
His
heart
beat
very
fast
,
it
was
such
a
long
time
since
he
had
heard
that
voice
.
He
jumped
out
of
bed
,
and
looked
everywhere
,
but
could
not
see
her
.
“
Diamond
,
come
here
,
”
she
said
again
and
again
;
but
where
the
here
was
he
could
not
tell
.
To
be
sure
the
room
was
all
but
quite
dark
,
and
she
might
be
close
beside
him
.
“
Dear
North
Wind
,
”
said
Diamond
,
“
I
want
so
much
to
go
to
you
,
but
I
can
’
t
tell
where
.
”
“
Come
here
,
Diamond
,
”
was
all
her
answer
.
