Lucy had said, when questioned with regard to the accident, that she had
climbed up in a chair to get some sugar for herself and Robin from the
bowl on the shelf of the sideboard, that she saw the cup of pepper and
took it up to see what it was, and let it drop from her hand, directly
into the face of Robin, who was looking up at her. Thus she was
answerable for his blindness, and she grew suddenly old beyond her
years, and devoted herself to her brother, with a solicitude and care
marvelous in one so young, for she was not yet six years old.
"I must be his eyes always as long as I live," she said, and she seldom
left his side or allowed another to care for him in the least.
He slept in a little cot near hers. She undressed him at night, and
dressed him in the morning and gave him his breakfast, always selecting
the daintiest bits for him and giving him the larger share of
everything. Together they wandered in the park, she leading him by the
hand and telling him where they were, or carrying him in her arms, when
the way was rough, and then, when she put him down, always kissing him
tenderly, while on her face there was a look of sadness pitiful to see
in one so young.
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