When her father had threatened to send her to town for a year, she had been terribly upset, and now the year spent in town with this family seemed like pure pleasure.

How different everything had been from what she had thought and feared.
"I should love to stay here!" she exclaimed with deep emotion.

"Can I write to Papa now ?" That suited Mrs.Halm exactly.

Sitting down beside Cornelli, she also wrote to Mr.Hellmut, and both letters were sent at once.
Two days later Mr.Hellmut was sitting at the breakfast table, looking at his mail.

First of all he opened a fat envelope which had come to him from town.