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ly embraced; and I followed her into the house quite forted。 That afternoon lapsed in peace and harmony; and in the evening Bessie told me some of her most enchaining stories; and sang me some of her sweetest songs。 Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine。
Chapter 5
Five o’clock had hardly struck on the morning of the 19th of January; when Bessie brought a candle into my closet and found me already up and nearly dressed。 I had risen half…an…hour before her entrance; and had washed my face; and put on my clothes by the light of a half…moon just setting; whose rays streamed through the narrow window near my crib。 I was to leave Gateshead that day by a coach which passed the lodge gates at six a。m。 Bessie was the only person yet risen; she had lit a fire in the nursery; where she now proceeded to make my breakfast。 Few children can eat when excited with the thoughts of a journey; nor could I。 Bessie; having pressed me in vain to take a few spoonfuls of the boiled milk and bread she had prepared for me; wrapped up some biscuits in a paper and put them into my bag; then she helped me on with my pelisse and bon; and wrapping herself in a shawl; she and I left the nursery。 As we passed Mrs。 Reed’s bedroom; she said; “Will you go in and bid Missis good…bye?”
“No; Bessie: she came to my crib last night when you were gone down to supper; and said I need not disturb her in the morning; or my cousins either; and she told me to remember that she had always been my
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