One week at last was worse than they had yet had. They
were almost without bread before it was over. But the sadder he
saw his father and mother looking, the more Diamond set himself
to sing to the two babies.
One thing which had increased their expenses was that they
had been forced to hire another little room for Nanny. When the
second baby came, Diamond gave up his room that Nanny might be
at hand to help his mother, and went to hers, which, although a
fine place to what she had been accustomed to, was not very nice
in his eyes. He did not mind the change though, for was not his
mother the more comfortable for it? And was not Nanny more
comfortable too? And indeed was not Diamond himself more
comfortable that other people were more comfortable? And if
there was more comfort every way, the change was a happy one.
CHAPTER XXXII
DIAMOND AND RUBY
IT WAS Friday night, and Diamond, like the rest of the
household, had had very little to eat that day. The mother would
always pay the week's rent before she laid out anything even on
food. His father had been very gloomy -- so gloomy that he had
actually been cross to his wife. It is a strange thing how pain
of seeing the suffering of those we love will sometimes make us
add to their suffering by being cross with them.
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