She began the conversation, and long continued it alone, and said,-yet without losing the inflation of pride from her countenance,-"She should soon die; but the godchildren of her husband she would remember in her will."
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
I have few godchildren; those I have love me dearly, and find me the greatest blessing in all the world.
"The Little Lame Prince And: The Invisible Prince; Prince Cherry; The Prince With The Nose The Frog-Prince; Clever Alice"
Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik
I sometimes wondered why Frances and Gilbert had never adopted a child: they lavished much love on nieces, nephews and godchildren, but this was the only fulfillment to their longing until almost old age-and even then their conscious act was merely that of engaging a secretary.
"Gilbert Keith Chesterton"
Maisie Ward