Chapter XXVII. The Children's Hospital

           

           THEfirstdayhisfatherresumedhiswork,Diamondwentwithhimasusual.Intheafternoon,however,hisfather,havingtakenafaretotheneighbourhood,wenthome,andDiamonddrovethecabtherestoftheday.ItwashardforoldDiamondtodoallthework,buttheycouldnotaffordtohaveanotherhorse.Theycontrivedtosavehimasmuchaspossible,andfedhimwell,andhedidbravely.

           ThenextmorninghisfatherwassomuchstrongerthatDiamondthoughthemightgoandaskMr.RaymondtotakehimtoseeNanny.Hefoundhimathome.Hisservanthadgrownfriendlybythistime,andshowedhiminwithoutanycross-questioning.Mr.Raymondreceivedhimwithhisusualkindness,consentedatonce,andwalkedwithhimtotheHospital,whichwascloseathand.Itwasacomfortableold-fashionedhouse,builtinthereignofQueenAnne,andinherday,nodoubt,inhabitedbyrichandfashionablepeople:nowitwasahomeforpoorsickchildren,whowerecarefullytendedforlove’ssake.ThereareregionsinLondonwhereahospitalineveryotherstreetmightbefullofsuchchildren,whosefathersandmothersaredead,orunabletotakecareofthem.

           WhenDiamondfollowedMr.Raymondintotheroomwherethosechildrenwhohadgotovertheworstoftheirillnessandweregrowingbetterlay,hesawanumberoflittleironbedsteads,withtheirheadstothewalls,andineveryoneofthemachild,whosefacewasastoryinitself.Insome,healthhadbeguntoappearinatingeuponthecheeks,andadoubtfulbrightnessintheeyes,justasoutofthecolddrearywinterthespringcomesinblushingbudsandbrightcrocuses.

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