? ? ? ? 'There is no longer any occasion for uneasiness, ma'am. Be calm.'
? ? ? ? It has since been considered almost a miracle that my aunt didn't shake him, and shake what he had to say, out of him. She only shook her own head at him, but in a way that made him quail.
? ? ? ? 'Well, ma'am,' resumed Mr. Chillip, as soon as he had courage, 'I am happy to congratulate you. All is now over, ma'am, and well over.'
? ? ? ? During the five minutes or so that Mr. Chillip devoted to the delivery of this oration, my aunt eyed him narrowly.
? ? ? ? 'How is she?' said my aunt, folding her arms with her bonnet still tied on one of them.
? ? ? ? 'Well, ma'am, she will soon be quite comfortable, I hope,' returned Mr. Chillip. 'Quite as comfortable as we can expect a young mother to be, under these melancholy domestic circumstances. There cannot be any objection to your seeing her presently, ma'am. It may do her good.'
? ? ? ? 'And SHE. How is SHE?' said my aunt, sharply.
? ? ? ? Mr. Chillip laid his head a little more on one side, and looked at my aunt like an amiable bird.
? ? ? ? 'The baby,' said my aunt. 'How is she?'
? ? ? ? 'Ma'am,' returned Mr. Chillip, 'I apprehended you had known. It's a boy.
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