"But I can't devote myself entirely to a child," said she; "it may die — which is not at all improbable."
"But, with care, many a delicate infant has become a strong man or woman."
"But it may grow so intolerably like its father that I shall hate it."
"That is not likely; it is a little girl, and strongly resembles its mother."


Ch. XXIII : The Park - Agnes Grey (1847)


But I can't devote myself entirely to a child, said she; it may die — which is not at all improbable. But, with care, many a delicate infant has...

But I can't devote myself entirely to a child, said she; it may die — which is not at all improbable. But, with care, many a delicate infant has...

But I can't devote myself entirely to a child, said she; it may die — which is not at all improbable. But, with care, many a delicate infant has...

But I can't devote myself entirely to a child, said she; it may die — which is not at all improbable. But, with care, many a delicate infant has...