On the day following that on which I had engaged her apartments
Mrs. Trotter took up her abode at Madame Charbonneau's, and about
six weeks afterwards her baby, a beautiful girl, was born; she sent
a message to Mr. Dombey's office, and in the afternoon he called to
see her. He was greatly pleased with the baby, and took it up fondly
in his arms, and on leaving placed a roll of bank bills in my hand,
telling me to get everything necessary for either the mother or her
child, also to get the latter whatever clothing it might require.
After that he called almost daily, and when Mrs. Trotter was
sufficiently recovered to return to her home, he pressed me so
strongly to keep the baby till it was a little older, and not to
leave it to the tender mercies of an ignorant nurse, that I
consented to keep it till it was two years old, and then to obtain
for it, if possible, adoption by some respectable married persons.
Margery, the baby aforementioned, turned out one of the most
beautiful children I had ever seen. Her father and mother visited
her frequently during the time she was at my house, and on my giving
her for adoption to Mr. Walker (a respectable Vermont farmer
without any children of his own) they were both deeply affected.
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