One day a week later the Pretty Lady said , `` Would you like to come and live with me , Charlotte ? '' Charlotte looked at her . `` Are you in earnest ? '' she asked in a whisper . `` Indeed I am . I want you for my little girl , and if you 'd like to come , you shall . I 'm poor , Charlotte , really , I 'm dreadfully poor , but I can make my salary stretch far enough for two , and we 'll love each other enough to cover the thin spots . Will you come ? '' `` Well , I should just think I will ! '' said Charlotte emphatically . `` Oh , I wish I was sure I 'm not dreaming . I do love you so much , and it will be so delightful to be your little girl . '' `` Very well , sweetheart . I 'll come tomorrow afternoon -- it is Saturday , so I 'll have the whole blessed day off -- and see the matron about it . Oh , we 'll have lovely times together , dearest . I only wish I 'd discovered you long ago . '' Charlotte may have eaten and studied and played and kept rules the rest of that day and part of the next , but , if so , she has no recollection of it . She went about like a girl in a dream , and the matron concluded that something more than sulphur and molasses was needed and decided to speak to the doctor about her . But she never did , because a lady came that afternoon and told her she wanted to adopt Charlotte . Charlotte obeyed the summons to the matron 's room in a tingle of excitement .
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