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"I saw her just a moment ago. Where are you, Cornelli?" he called towards the house. "Here I am!" It sounded from very near, for Cornelli had hidden behind her father, so as to inspect the new arrivals without being seen herself. "Come forward and speak to your cousin and to Miss Grideelen!" ordered Mr. Hellmut.
"You have nothing whatever to do in the kitchen and you shall not go there. I thought you knew that you have to go upstairs before lunch to fix your hair. But before you go up come in here. I have to tell you something very important." Cornelli followed her cousin into the room. Miss Grideelen was standing near the window as if she had expected the return of her friend.
"It would be so pleasant and agreeable here," said Miss Dorner, "and my cousin could have such a very charming life, if the child were only a little different. Don't you think, Betty, that she has no manners whatever?" "Yes, but she has had no training at all." remarked Miss Grideelen; "and she may have inherited some qualities from her mother." "Oh no, not a single trait!
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