She was truest to them in the season of trial, as all the quietly loyal and good will always be.
Charles DickensBefore I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love.
Charles DickensTime has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.
Charles Dickens