"Have no fear on that score," said Patience, "I will feed her. Only let her live under your shelter, protected by your name; for there are those who, if they found her, would cast her out or do her some evil turn. You know that well. They have entered upon her possessions--they hold what by right is hers; therefore she must be cared for until such time as she can claim her own, or till you can give it to her." "Have no fear on that score," said Patience, "I will feed her. Only let her live under your shelter, protected by your name; for there are those who, if they found her, would cast her out or do her some evil turn. You know that well. They have entered upon her possessions--they hold what by right is hers; therefore she must be cared for until such time as she can claim her own, or till you can give it to her." "Then I wot she will wait a weary while," said the queen. "Then I wot she will wait a weary while," said the queen. Whilst they were speaking, Princess Henrietta had approached the child, whose eyes were now wide open, and who was struggling to rise. Whilst they were speaking, Princess Henrietta had approached the child, whose eyes were now wide open, and who was struggling to rise. "Oh, how pretty she is! Look, Mother!" "Oh, how pretty she is! Look, Mother!" And she said truly. She was a lovely babe, with soft, golden curls clustering round her little face, and large brown eyes. She was laughing, too--laughing with the merry gurgle of a happy babe--stretching out her little hands towards the princess. She looked the very child of joy, and yet she was a child born of bitter sorrow. And she said truly. She was a lovely babe, with soft, golden curls clustering round her little face, and large brown eyes. She was laughing, too--laughing with the merry gurgle of a happy babe--stretching out her little hands towards the princess. She looked the very child of joy, and yet she was a child born of bitter sorrow. "She is like her father," said the queen. "I never knew a man more gloriously happy than he was; and she has the same look in her eyes." "She is like her father," said the queen. "I never knew a man more gloriously happy than he was; and she has the same look in her eyes."
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