The things we do!

But by the boy's bedside; in the paroxysms of his fever; in the
wild talk of his delirium; in the sweet patience and kindness with which
he received his dear nurse's attentions; the gratefulness with which he
thanked the servants who waited on him; the fortitude with which he
suffered the surgeon's dealings with his wounds;--the widowed woman had
an opportunity to admire with an exquisite thankfulness the generous
goodness of her son; and in those hours, those sacred hours passed in her
own chamber, of prayers, fears, hopes, recollections, and passionate
maternal love, wrestling with fate for her darling's life;--no doubt the
humbled creature came to acknowledge that her own course regarding him
had been wrong; and, even more for herself than for him, implored
forgiveness.
For some time George Barnes had to send but doubtful and melancholy
bulletins to Lady Kew and the Newcome family at Baden, who were all
greatly moved and affected by the accident which had befallen poor Kew.


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