Agnes came the next day, and went straight upstairs to see Dora. Although the doctor and my aunt had told me there was no hope that Dora would live, when I held her hand and saw her love for me in her innocence blue eyes, I could not believe she would be taken from me. But when Agnes came downstairs so calmly and silently, I knew! It was over, and I remember only darkness for a long time afterwards.
In the middle of my terrible sadness I received a message from Email. She asked me to take a letter from her to Ham- her last words to the man who had loved her so much- before she and Deniel left England for Australia. They were sailing in two weeks' time, and the Micawber were going on the same ship. I remembered my childish love for little Emily, and agreed to do what she asked.