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To the tropical warmth of the room, he dropped on the floor, exhausted
and unconscious. It was a long time before Mrs. Estel succeeded in
thoroughly reviving him. Then he lay on a wide divan with his head on
her lap, and talked quietly of his trouble. He was too worn out to cry,
even when he took the soft curls from his pocket to show her. But her
own recent loss had made her vision keen, and she saw the depth of
suffering in the boy's white face. As she twisted the curls around her
finger and thought of her own fair-haired little one, with the deep snow
drifting over its grave, her tears fell fast. She made a sudden
resolution. "You shall come here," she said. "I thought when my little
Dorothy died I could never bear to hear a child's voice again, knowing
that hers was still. But such grief is selfish. We will help each other
bear ours together. Would you like to come, dear?" Steven sat up,
trembling in his great excitement. "O Mrs. Estel!" he cried, "couldn't
you take Ro