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THE SKJUTS-BOY. ] 43
":But perhaps it would be better if ]# should arrange the
marrer. I love the boy very much îndeed, and shall let :Borgen-
stierna l#now, in a few words# that I will corne and visi# my
little favourite. On whîch occasion–"
"Ail right# dear wife. I perceive thaç ît must be managed
in that manner. But here are the carriages. Amelia must
hurry. I will go down and see whether our equilaage is ready
also."
_A_fter a few moments’ reflec#ion, #]:adame de ]:)ressen was
rather surprised herself that if had been so easy for her to t)er -
form a feigned t)artl and although ber fine sense of honour was
far from al#proving of the manner of acting fo which ber
husband had forced ber, while she #vas h#fluenced by nobler
l#rinciples, she af last had fo satisfy herselfwith the old worn-out adage, that "the end justifies the means."
On the next evening, when little Alfred was more free from
lever, he was carried–wcll bundled Ul#–to hIadame de Dressen’s,
where a little bed had been prepared for hîm already.
If had cost #Iadame de Dressen, as well as the assessor, much
persuasion fo obtain :Borgenstierna’s consent fo Alfi-ed’s removal;
but after the lady had proved that the little patient was in much
need of a female nurse, and that he would find in ber a second
mother, Ivar finally gave way. :But when he took leave of his
son, and was obliged to place him in the arms of strangers, a
bright tear glistened in his eye.
:Y[adame de Dressen had, however, with the utmos# delicacy,
removed A.melia; and if became much easier for Ivar to pass the
hard hour with her mother alone.
If was a matter of more difficulty for him fo give himself the
annoyance of having the lieuteaant-colonel as his daily guest and
companion; but all this was armnged by Wirén, with the
ease so l#eculiar fo him. He proved fo Borgenstier#.a., minutely,
and with all possible reason, that if was an utter impossibility
for a single man fo nurse a sick boy in a proper manner, without
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