I 's so awful wicked , there ca n't nobody do nothin ' with me . I ` spects I 's the wickedest crittur in the world . ' Then she would turn a somersault , and come up bright and smiling , evidently quite pleased with herself . CHAPTER XV EVA AND TOPSY Two or three years passed . Uncle Tom was still with Mr. St. Clare , far away from his home . He was not really unhappy . But always in his heart was the aching longing to see his dear ones again . Now he began to have a new sorrow . He loved his little mistress Eva very tenderly , and she was ill . He saw that she was growing white and thin . She no longer ran and played in the garden for hours together as she used to do . She was always tired now . Miss Ophelia noticed it too , and tried to make Mr. St. Clare see it . But he would not . He loved his little Eva so much , that he did not want to believe that anything could be the matter with her . Mrs. St. Clare never thought that any one , except herself , could be ill . So Eva grew daily thinner and weaker , and Uncle Tom and Aunt Ophelia more and more sad and anxious . But at last she became so unwell , that even Mr. St. Clare had to own that something was wrong , and the doctor was sent for . In a week or two she was very much better . Once more she ran about playing and laughing , and her father was delighted .
Only Miss XXXXX and the doctor sighed and shook their heads .
Clare Eva Ophelia TOPSY Tom XV crittur spects week years