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" My little baby ! " she whispered. Her eyes were strained, and aching, and dry. But she cried again in bed that night. MY LITTLE BABY SHE WHISPERED HER EYES WERE STRAINED AND ACHING AND DRY BUT SHE CRIED AGAIN IN BED THAT NIGHT
. In her room she stood before the glass, surveying herself. The colour on her cheeks was slightly disordered. She took a sponge and washed it all off. She made up her mind not to use it again. It was of no good for her to try and make herself look pretty any more ; and, even if rouge had given her beauty, that would not have made her husband love her again. " Love ! " she whispered to herself, panting. Then she remembered that it was wicked to use rouge. She had but 36 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. just come from cliurch, and liad painted lier face like a bad woman : it was wicked of her. She knelt and prayed God to forgive her. Then she rose, and took a candle and stepped across the passage to another room. It had been her baby's nursery. She unlocked the door and entered. The room w^as neatly kept. A little cradle stood in one corner, bedecked and emptj^ She walked over to it, and rocked it a little. Then she opened a drawer, and turned over piles of tiny clothes that were not wanted now. ULD BE USELESS TO ASK HIM AND PUT THE QUESTION BY WITH A KIND OF DESPAIR IN HER ROOM SHE STOOD BEFORE THE GLASS SURVEYING HERSELF THE COLOR ON HER CHEEKS WAS SLIGHTLY DISORDERED SHE TOOK A SPONGE AND WASHED IT OFF SHE MADE UP HER MIND NOT TO USE IT AGAIN IT WAS OF NO GOOD FOR HER TO TRY AND MAKE HERSELF LOOK PRETTY ANY MORE AND EVEN IF ROUGE HAD GIVEN HER BEAUTY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE MADE HER HUSBAND LOVE HER AGAIN LOVE SHE WHISPERED TO HERSELF PANTING THEN SHE REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS WICKED TO USE ROUGE SHE HAD JUST BUT COME FROM CHURCH AND HAD PAINTED HER FACE LIKE A BAD WOMAN IT WAS WICKED OF HER SHE KNELT AND PRAYED GOD TO FORGIVE HER THEN SHE ROSE AND TOOK A CANDLE AND STEPPED ACROSS THE PASSAGE TO ANOTHER ROOM IT HAD BEEN HER BABY'S NURSERY SHE UNLOCKED THE DOOR AND ENTERED THE ROOM WAS NEATLY KEPT A LITTLE CRADLE STOOD IN ONE CORNER BEDECKED AND EMPTY SHE WALKED OVER TO IT AND ROCKED IT A LITTLE THEN SHE OPENED A DRAWER AND TURNED OVER PILES OF TINY CLOTHES THAT WERE NOT WANTED NOW
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