The child was made happy all day long, and the traveller sat often by his side.Charles Dickens
He saw them stopping at the door, the child looking up into the traveller’s face with a smile.Charles Dickens
Every day, the child listened, with a quiet heart, to the traveller’s tales, and loved him more and more.Charles Dickens
He spoke of different people he had known, and different sights he had seen.Charles Dickens
The child often repeated the simple verses the traveller had taught him.Charles Dickens
It was bright summer weather; but, as usual in the forest, the day was still and quiet.Charles Dickens
And the grand trees of the forest, which rose out of the hollow left by the fallen oak, murmured, 'It was humbler than we; but the traveller will miss it in the morning.'Charles Dickens
The cradle was very near the bed. The light of the candle was upon it.Charles Dickens
He looked at the child, and thought how, all that day, he had seen the tender mother pressing its soft cheek against her own.Charles Dickens
'God bless all!' said the child, when she was gone.Charles Dickens