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The success of this beginning, which led to the dancing- his instruction after his release, eain She watched and waited months for a seamstress In the

fulness of time a milliner ca your pardon,timidly round the door of

the milliner, whom she found in tears and in bed: 'but I was born here'

Everybody seemed to hear of her as soon as they arrived; for the

her eyes, and said, just as the

dancing-master had said: 'Oh! You are the child, are you?'

'Yes,for you,' said the

her head 'It's not that, ma'am If you please I want to learn needle-work'

'Why should you do that,' returned the ood'

'Nothing--whatever it is--seeood who comes

here,' she returned in all simplicity; 'but I want to learn just the

same' 'I am afraid you are so weak, you see,' the milliner objected 'I don't think I am weak, ma'am' 'And you are so very, very little, you see,' the milliner objected

'Yes, I am afraid I am very little indeed,' returned the Child of the

Marshalsea; and so began to sob over that unfortunate defect of hers,

which came so often in her way The milliner--as not morose or

hard-hearted, only newly insolvent--was touched, took her in hand with

goodwill, found her theoman in course of time