His face is benevolent , kind , and tender . Honest and true , I am sure it is . The manly heart that tries to cloak all favours with a show of roughness and unwillingness , beats in its every look and glance . '' `` And makes it noble , '' added Caleb in his quiet desperation . `` And makes it noble , '' cried the Blind Girl . `` He is older than May , father . '' `` Ye-es , '' said Caleb reluctantly . `` He 's a little older than May . But that do n't signify . '' `` Oh , father , yes ! To be his patient companion in infirmity and age ; to be his gentle nurse in sickness , and his constant friend in suffering and sorrow ; to know no weariness in working for his sake ; to watch him , tend him , sit beside his bed and talk to him awake , and pray for him asleep ; what privileges these would be ! What opportunities for proving all her truth and her devotion to him ! Would she do all this , dear father ? '' `` No doubt of it , '' said Caleb . `` I love her , father ; I can love her from my soul ! '' exclaimed the Blind Girl . And , saying so , she laid her poor blind face on Caleb 's shoulder , and so wept and wept , that he was almost sorry to have brought that tearful happiness upon her . In the meantime there had been a pretty sharp commotion at John Peerybingle 's , for little Mrs. Peerybingle naturally could n't think of going anywhere without the Baby ; and to get the Baby under way took time . Not that there was much of the Baby , speaking of it as a thing of weight and measure , but there was a vast deal to do about and about it , and it all had to be done by easy stages . For instance , when the Baby was got , by hook and by crook , to a certain point of dressing , and you might have rationally supposed that another touch or two would finish him off , and turn him out a tiptop Baby challenging the world , he was unexpectedly extinguished in a flannel cap , and hustled off to bed ; where he simmered -LRB- so to speak -RRB- between two blankets for the best part of an hour .
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