'
John thoughtfully patted one of the shoulders, and
then the head, as though he would have said No, no;
he had had no such expectation; he had been quite
content to take them as they were. And really he
had reason. They were very comely.
'It spoke the truth, John, when it seemed to say
so; for you have ever been, I am sure, the best, the
most considerate, the most affectionate of husbands
to me. This has been a happy home, John; and I
love the Cricket for its sake!'
'Why so do I then,' said the Carrier. 'So do I,
Dot.'
'I love it for the many times I have heard it, and
the many thoughts its harmless music has given me.
Sometimes, in the twilight, when I have felt a little
solitary and down-hearted, John -- before baby was
here to keep me company and make the house gay
-- when I have thought how lonely you would be if
I should die; how lonely I should be if I could know
that you had lost me, dear; its Chirp, Chirp, Chirp
upon the hearth, has seemed to tell me of another
little voice, so sweet, so very dear to me, before whose
coming sound my trouble vanished like a dream.
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