Do you want to know more about little Effie? There isn't much more to tell. All the kindness and care which she received in Great Ormond Street could not make her well again. She had no constitution, the doctors said, and no strength. She lived a good many weeks, however, and they were the happiest weeks of her life, I think. Dolly Varden was always beside her, and Dolly was clasped tight in her arms when she finally fell asleep to waken up no more. Nurse Johnstone, who had learned to love the little girl dearly, wanted to lay the doll in the small coffin; but the other nurses said it would be a pity to do so. There are so few dolls and so many children in the world, you know; so in the end Dolly Varden was given to another little sick girl, who took as much pleasure in her as Effie had done.
So Effie's wish was granted, though only for a little while. It is very often so with wishes which we make in this world. But I am very sure that Effie doesn't miss the dolly or anything else in the happy world to which she has gone, and that the wishes granted there are granted fully and forever, and more freely and abundantly than we who stay behind can even guess.
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Transcriber's Note:
Punctuation, spelling, hyphenation and language has been retained as it appears in the original publication except as follows:
Page 8
the shoulder of his off horse changed to
the shoulder of his horse
Page 194
a "a boat;" men pulled off changed to
"a boat;" men pulled off
Page 270
it summer hot always, changed to
in summer hot always,
Page 283
dolly was clasped tight in her arms changed to
Dolly was clasped tight in her arms