If he had, I suppose
he would have been alive now!"
"What a pleasing situation for Jenny!" Herbert could not help
muttering.
"Much better than running after ostriches in the wilderness," quoth
Philip. "You ride them double, don't you?"
"Two little negro boys at a time," replied Jenny, "according to the
nursery-book. Will you come and try, Phil?"
"You don't mean to go out?"
"I don't know," said Jenny; "it depends on how mamma is, and how
Edith gets on."
Philip gave a long whistle of dismay. Herbert looked at him
wistfully, longing to hear him utter some word of congratulation or
sympathy with his sister; but none was forthcoming. Philip had
disliked the engagement originally--never had cared for Archie
Douglas, and was not melted now that Jenny was more valuable than
ever. She knew him too well to expect it of him, and did not want
to leave him to vex Herbert by any expression of his opinion on the
matter, and on this account, as well as on that of the fatigue she
saw on her patient's features, she refused his kind offer of keeping
guard while she went in the afternoon to church, adding that Herbert
must rest, as Mrs.
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