Do try to go again, Nanny. I do so want to hear
more."
But now the nurse came and told him it was time to go; and
Diamond went, saying to himself, "I can't help thinking that
North Wind had something to do with that dream. It would be
tiresome to lie there all day and all night too -- without
dreaming. Perhaps if she hadn't done that, the moon might have
carried her to the back of the north wind -- who knows?"
CHAPTER XXXI
THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
IT WAS a great delight to Diamond when at length Nanny was well
enough to leave the hospital and go home to their house. She was
not very strong yet, but Diamond's mother was very considerate
of her, and took care that she should have nothing to do she was
not quite fit for. If Nanny had been taken straight from the
street, it is very probable she would not have been so pleasant
in a decent household, or so easy to teach; but after the
refining influences of her illness and the kind treatment she
had had in the hospital, she moved about the house just like
some rather sad pleasure haunting the mind. As she got better,
and the colour came back to her cheeks, her step grew lighter
and quicker, her smile shone out more readily, and it became
certain that she would soon be a treasure of help.
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