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Updated: April 30, 2025
Martha had heard that Cornelli and her guests were expected that day, so she had several times glanced towards the garden to see if she could discover trace of her or of Dino. Now both came flying up the steps, and Martha ran out to meet them. Oh, yes, here was Dino, Dino whom she knew so well, and Cornelli, too Martha looked at the child and tried to say something.
The bed and two old chairs were likewise covered; the whole effect was very cheerful and inviting. "Oh, how pretty!" Cornelli exclaimed over and over again. "How could you ever do it, Martha, or have so much money?" "Oh no, no, it was not much, but just enough for the bed and a little piece of material. I got the stuff very cheap, because it was a remnant.
Cornelli was already running into the house to the living-room and to her own wardrobe. Yes, everything had remained the same. She flew outside again to the mother, to lead her into the house. The child's face fairly beamed with joy. Cornelli's father was busy working in his office. Hearing the sound of the approaching wheels, he started. "Here they are already," he said to himself.
He looked upon her as an old acquaintance, for Dino had talked so much about her. First he took her to see the kitchen. "But I am sure Dino does not sleep here," said Cornelli, surprised. "No, this is the kitchen; there are no beds here," Mux asserted. "But I shall show you first why Agnes cried one whole hour to-day, or perhaps it was two."
Cornelli hung on her arm, and together they wandered forth in the beautiful evening. The storm clouds had passed over, and towards the west the sky was flaming like fiery gold. "Do you think, Martha, that my mother can see the golden sky as well from inside as we see it from the outside?" asked the child, pointing to the sunset. "Yes, I am quite sure of that, Cornelli," Martha eagerly answered.
Your father is coming at eleven o'clock and I am going to drive down to the lake to meet him. Come with me! Our brown fellows will be sure to trot well, for they have had a long rest. Come along! It will be fun, I know." Cornelli shook her head. "No?" said Matthew with disappointment. "I was sure you would not let slip a chance of driving gaily out into the bright morning to meet your father.
"All right, then, come with me and I'll show you how many yellow plums there are going to be this year; the whole tree is full and they are already beginning to ripen." "I don't care," said Cornelli. "No?" laughed Esther. "All right, then, plums," Esther exclaimed. "And our large juicy pears are beginning to get ripe, too. Don't you want to come and see how long it will be before they are ripe?"
At that moment the energetic Esther was coming from the garden with a large basket on her arm. She had wisely picked some vegetables for the following day. "Don't go out again, Cornelli," she said. "Just look at the gray clouds above the mountain! I am afraid we shall have a thunderstorm." "Oh, I just have to go to Martha," replied Cornelli quickly.
You knew my wife and you know my child and love her; and besides, she is attached to you. Tell me what has come over her. Since when has she been so frightfully stubborn? Was the child always that way, or has she only grown more stubborn lately? Have you noticed how she has changed in my absence?" "There is nothing so very much the matter with Cornelli, Mr. Hellmut.
The latter wanted to follow the child, but Cornelli called back: "I can do it myself." When the child came back her face and hands were washed very thoroughly, but her hair looked most peculiar. She had combed it in such a way that one could not tell what belonged to the left and what to the right side, what to the front and what to the back.
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