What do
you think of it?"
"I am so surprised, dazed, I can't think; it is most generous!"
"Not generous; we expect to receive all that we give; yet we won't be
selfish, either. I don't ask you to give Molly up at all, in one sense--
only to let us share with you in her love, and take from you all expense
and care."
"Dear Mrs. Macon, you are a mother to us now--have been from the first
day I saw you--and Molly is a happy girl to have won your approbation!
She shall decide this matter for herself; I will consent to whatever she
wishes."
"Then will you tell her, Sara? I want her to decide unbiassed by my
presence;" to which Sara readily agreed.
But when told, Molly was even more amazed than her sister had been, and
at first ran and clung to her, like a child about to be torn from its
mother's arms.
The almost involuntary action touched Sara deeply, and for a moment the
sisters remained locked in a close embrace, each sobbing uncontrollably.
After a little they grew more quiet, and talked the matter over in all
its bearings, and Sara could see that the idea pleased the child.
"If it was to give you and Morton up, I'd never consent," she said
decidedly, "but it isn't. Mrs. Macon is just as fond of you as of me,
Sara, and all the difference is that now you and Robert can marry
without worrying over my future.
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