'I don't know what use it will be,' said Mr. Lockwood, 'but I will take
legal advice upon it; that is, I will tell my lawyer all about it, and
see what we had best do. You may leave the case in my hands, Stephen. But
to-morrow morning we start for the south of France, where my daughter
must live all the winter for the benefit of the warm climate; and I must
go with her, for she is my only treasure now. Can you live in your cabin
till we come home? Will you trust yourself to me, Stephen? I will not see
a son of my old servant wronged.'
'Please, sir,' said Stephen, 'the cabin is good enough for us, and we are
nearer church and the night-school; only I didn't like to break my word
to father, besides losing the old home: we can stay all winter well. I'll
trust you, sir; but my work is dangersome, and please God I should get
killed, will you do the same for Martha and little Nan?'
'Ay!' answered Mr. Lockwood, coughing down his emotion at the young boy's
forethought and care for his sisters. 'If it pleases God, my boy, you
will live to make a right good, true-hearted Christian man; but if He
should take you home before me, I'll befriend your sisters as long as I
live.
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