// deleted. So, we have to do a delicate dance here.</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="color: #236fa1;">         // Hold onto the left child. This will become the new root of this subtree.</span></em><br />         <strong>Node</strong> *temp = root-&gt;left;<br /><br /><em><span style="color: #236fa1;">         // Delete the node 'root' is pointing to. (This doesn't delete the local</span></em><br /><em><span style="color: #236fa1;">         // variable called 'root'. It's still a reference to the ro