11/52 Here Matthew was just stopping the pair of horses from their lively trot. Is everything at home still the same ?" "Welcome, Cornelli, welcome home!" he said, radiant with joy, for his master's child was his greatest pride. "But how you have grown, Cornelli! Oh, how changed our Cornelli is!" Matthew shook her hand with great delight and then opened the carriage door for the family who had approached. "But you looked better when you were with us. Oh, yes, the young gentleman looked much better then, I think." "I should think so, Matthew," said Dino. |