"Have you many brothers and sisters?"
"My mother had four children; but the others died in infancy."
"You look rugged as most young ladies."
"Do you mean healthy?"
"Well, yes; you have a clear complexion and rosy cheeks."
"They were extremely careful of our health at the school where I have
been for the last eight years. That was the reason my father sent me
there. He had heard how remarkably healthy their pupils were."
"'Twan't in this country, or you'd speak more nateral like."
"No, it was in Brussels."
"Oh, yes; in England, I suppose."
"No, on the continent of Europe; a city in Belgium, the capital."
"And you've talked a furrin tongue, then."
"Yes, several; but the German is the only one I speak quite correctly."
"Bless your heart, you'll soon talk fast enough in English. Your voice is
very sweet; it minds me of your ma's. And it 'pears to me you speak
better already."
I was beaming on the good woman now.
"Will you remain long in Cavendish?" I ventured on a question or two
myself.
"It'll depend on Dan'el's wife. He wants me to come and live with 'em,
but I hain't much hankering for darters-in-law, and I reckon we'd be
better friends furder apart. However I'll stay till she gets well; it
costs so for hired girls."
"May I come and see you?" I asked.
"Bless your dear heart, I'll be proud to have you come."
"Will you please tell me your name and what street you live on?"
"Oh, the streets don't amount to much in Cavendish.
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