Sybil's Friend and How She Found Him Author:Florence Marryat General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: G. Routledge Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can se... more »lect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Sybil slept in the room next her papa's, and there was no door between the rooms -- only a curtain drawn across the doorway; and when Mr Ransford came to bed, however late it might be, he always went first to Sybil's cot and kissed her over again. So she told her black nurse, as she undressed her, that she was sure her father would be coming to bed very soon that night, and she should stop awake until he came. "I'm not a bit sleepy, ayah; my eyes are wide open as you can see, and I shall lie awake and think until my papa comes, because I want so much to kiss him again and love him. Perhaps my love might cure his headache, ayah. He often says I am his best medicine when he's sick, only medicine is nasty, and I know papa doesn't think that of me." The old black nurse had lived all her life with English children, so she could speak English pretty well, though I do not think it is every one who could have understood what she said as well as Sybil did. " Nonsense talking, missy," was her answer ; " you shut eye -- go sleep. You not want see your papa again -- you seen papa all day -- time now, missy go sleep." " My papa is not well, ayah," said the little girl in return. " His face is pale and his hands are cold,AND HOW SHE FOUND HIM. and I cannot go to sleep until I have felt if they arc warm again." " Missy papa all well to-morrow," replied the ayah, as she neatly folded up Sybil's clothes and put them in the wardrobe. " Missy go sleep -- papa go sleep -- both well to-morrow." " I shall not go to sleep," said Sybil determinately; " I shall stop awake as long as eve...« less