” she would whisper in an intense little voice. “I wish you had a `Little Missus’ who could pet you as I used to pet papa when he had a headache. I should like to be your `Little Missus’ myself, poor dear! Good night—good night. God bless you!”
She would go away, feeling quite comforted and a little warmer herself. Her sympathy was so strong that it seemed as if it MUST reach him somehow as he sat alone in his armchair by the fire,
” she would whisper in an intense little voice. “I wish you had a `Little Missus’ who could pet you as I used to pet papa when he had a headache. I should like to be your `Little Missus’ myself, poor dear! Good night—good night. God bless you!”
She would go away, feeling quite comforted and a little warmer herself. Her sympathy was so strong that it seemed as if it MUST reach him somehow as he sat alone in his armchair by the fire,
